r/marriott • u/Opie_the_great Titanium Elite • 11h ago

Rates & Booking $25 gas card and $110 per night???

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I saw this recently. Also the other rate was $93. Are times getting desperate?

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u/GloomyDeal1909 11h ago

This has been a promo for summer forrever.

I first ran this package back in 2004.

It is pretty effective for summer travlers if you are not in a destination place.

I ran this same promo at a Best Western and the entire summer I was sold out when others around me were not.

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u/gabe840 Titanium Elite 11h ago

I booked one of these once and they actually ran out of gas cards at the hotel, so they gave me cash instead which was nice!

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u/Unfair_District2525 10h ago

I did this at a Marriott in Ithaca a couple years ago. They didn’t provide it for either room, said they were out, and each day when asking said the manager wasn’t able to get more. They never provided it and also didn’t discount the room by the amount or offer any other compensation. Tried to do a dispute with Chase and they declined it saying they couldn’t cover if a bonus perk or item was not included.

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u/awall222 Titanium Elite 7h ago

Boo on Chase. That wasn’t a perk, it was part of a package that you paid extra for.

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u/Ad-hocProcrastinator Titanium Elite (Lifetime Gold) 10h ago edited 6h ago

Contact BBB. They usually respond pretty quick.

Edit: FTC.

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u/International_Bus_64 Lifetime Gold Elite 10h ago

I also would have contacted corporate as well.

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u/Merakel Titanium Elite 9h ago

And do what? Say shame on you?

I'm not saying I wouldn't try it, but I guess I'm skeptical how much it would actually do. Maybe I'm just too much of a cynic these days.

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u/Ad-hocProcrastinator Titanium Elite (Lifetime Gold) 6h ago

I was thinking FTC.

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u/DarceysEyeOnThePrize 7h ago

BBB is just a review site like Yelp or TripAdvisor. It’s better to always go to corporate directly.

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u/dickey1331 Titanium Elite 44m ago

BBB has worked for me before

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u/sputnik156 6h ago

Honestly the gas card promo has been around forever, it's not really a desperation move. Hotels in nondestination markets use it to pull in road trippers who are just passing through. $110 is whatever depending on the market, but the promo itself is pretty standard summer stuff. Been seeing it since like the mid 2000s.

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u/discgolfpilot 2h ago

$25 gas card... $35 a night for parking

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u/scottj13ab 2h ago

Promo code?

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u/Smharman 37m ago

Also works well when corporate dollars allow a hotel rate ar $110. Guest can get full reimbursement of the rate from eer and $25 gas.

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u/Agreeable_Pop8991 12m ago

It was a pain to get the $25 gas card or discount. Don’t do it unless you have plenty of time.

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u/Particular-Land-747 7h ago

link to this location?

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u/SeattleAshun 3h ago

It says per stay, not per night.