Retired2025 aka AlmostRetired
TUG Member
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
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- Location
- Long Island, NY
- Resorts Owned
- Grande Ocean Platinum, 3 x Grand Chateau 3 Bedroom (annual, EOY Odd, EOY Even).,
I am going to the Monarch next week and got the expected call from the concierge looking to make my stay more enjoyable. This time I actually asked him to help set up some tee times and he was helpful. Of course, I was solicited to attend the sales presentation.
I wasn't surprised he knew I attended 11 sales presentations in 20 years nor my MVCI stuff like I haven't traded the Monarch in 7 years (i rent it when not using but he would not know that). It appeared he knew about my Marriott stays from my non Marriott trades to Marriott using II. I was very surprised he had my MRP balance. This came up when discussing the offers of 175 spend dollars, 250 DC points or 20K MRP.
I normally do not like to attend when I am with my adult kids because that time is too valuable but they gave me 8:45 on Sunday and my kids can be counted to be sleeping until 10 anyway. I have mixed feeling about if the presentation time that is wasted is worth the gift but it is suppose to rain Sunday. I sometimes wonder who is less accurate, the weather persons forecast or a salespersons knowledge of the program. They offered something called pre-gift where you can get the gift even before going. They do take an imprint of the CC to ensure you show up but that's okay. The pre-gift makes it easier to have a 90 minutes hard stop.
Before I had him confirm, I let him know that my chance of buying any thing is less than that of my spayed dog of having puppies. I let him know that I would be saying the same thing to the sales guy upon my meeting him/her. If Marriott has a problem, do not confirm.
I wasn't surprised he knew I attended 11 sales presentations in 20 years nor my MVCI stuff like I haven't traded the Monarch in 7 years (i rent it when not using but he would not know that). It appeared he knew about my Marriott stays from my non Marriott trades to Marriott using II. I was very surprised he had my MRP balance. This came up when discussing the offers of 175 spend dollars, 250 DC points or 20K MRP.
I normally do not like to attend when I am with my adult kids because that time is too valuable but they gave me 8:45 on Sunday and my kids can be counted to be sleeping until 10 anyway. I have mixed feeling about if the presentation time that is wasted is worth the gift but it is suppose to rain Sunday. I sometimes wonder who is less accurate, the weather persons forecast or a salespersons knowledge of the program. They offered something called pre-gift where you can get the gift even before going. They do take an imprint of the CC to ensure you show up but that's okay. The pre-gift makes it easier to have a 90 minutes hard stop.
Before I had him confirm, I let him know that my chance of buying any thing is less than that of my spayed dog of having puppies. I let him know that I would be saying the same thing to the sales guy upon my meeting him/her. If Marriott has a problem, do not confirm.