Marriott typically offers a spring and fall promotion that aligns with the business travel season. While we saw a spring promotion earlier this year that was pretty reasonable with a double elite qualifying night credit, this one is pretty lack luster. It only takes a moment to register for a Marriott promotion, so read on to see what Marriott is offering it’s fall travellers when staying at Marriott Bonvoy hotels.

Marriott Bonvoy Launches Fall 2023 Promotion “Go Your Way + Earn Bonus Points”: Register Now

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Marriott Bonvoy has announced their fall promotion for the year 2023. We typically see hotels announce a fall promotion across many competing hotel brands. Marriott Bonvoy is no exception to this rule, and we’ve learned of news of their planned Marriott Bonvoy’s Fall 2023 promotion.

Marriott Bonvoy has gone live with this promotion, as it’s showing up on the Marriott Bonvoy home page. Most members will be able to find it under the Promotion Central area of their Marriott Bonvoy profile on the webpage and mobile Marriott App versions on iOS or Android.

Without further ado, here are the details of this promotion…

Promotion Details:

Earn up to 1,500 Marriott Bonvoy Points per stay and 3,000 for every three hotel brands.

The details of the promotion are as follows:

• Register now, then earn from September 12 through December 6, 2023.
• Registration ends November 22, 2023.
• Earn 1,500 bonus points on each stay with no earning limits.
• Get an additional 3,000 bonus points for every three hotel brands you explore.

Additional Promotion Details:

• Only stays paid with cash qualify toward this promotion; award or cash and points stays don’t qualify
• The standard bonus points will post within seven business days of checking out of a hotel.
• The bonus points for staying in three additional brands will take up to 6 weeks to post after the promotion period ends. This means that bonus points will arrive as late as Wed January 17, 2024.
• There’s no limit to how many bonus points you can earn.
• Practically speaking, the promotion period is only eighty five days long, meaning that up to 127,500 base promotion points can be earned. With thirty hotel brands, up to 30,000 bonus promotion brand stay points can be earned.
• Most hotels globally are participating, although stays at the Ritz Carleton Yacht Collection, Homes and Villas by Marriott Bonvoy, Marriott Executive Apartments and owner occupied weeks at Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club, Sheraton Vacation Club, Westin Vacation Club, Ritz Carleton Club, St Regis Residence Club and Luxury Collection Residence Club are not eligible for bonus points for this promotion.
• And lastly, there’s no minimum length of stay or stay requirements required to unlock the bonus.

Registration:

Registration is required for this promotion. Registration can be completed through the Marriott Bonvoy App, from within your account on the Marriott Bonvoy website under Promotion Central, or through this registration link.

Registration needs to be completed by November 22, 2023 for stays for stays ending December 6, 2023.

As with the spring 2023 promotion, the Marriott webpage isn’t as stellar as it could be. When I attempted to register, I ended up back at the promotions page without any confirmation that I had actually successfully registered.

While it didn’t seem like I even registered at all, the ability to register disappeared from my Promotion Central. With no promotions listed or available, I’ll assume that I’m correctly registered.

What do I think about this promotion?

On the points side, if you value Marriott Bonvoy points at 0.07 cents per point, this is like getting a potential return of $10.50 USD per 1,500 point promotion. While this won’t move the needle for anyone, it may replace the points for those that are taking the breakfast benefit on personal stays, in lieu of their Marriott Bonvoy Elite welcome bonus.

The additional brand bonus of three thousand points for every three brands is a little more lucrative; assuming you don’t have to go out of your way to earn it. If you value Marriott Bonvoy points at 0.07 cents per point, this is like getting a potential return of $21, per 3000 point promotion.

While I’m valuing convenience and ease of travel these days instead of hopping between hotels on a business travel week, I doubt I would get a lot of mileage out of the brand bonus. With my travel patterns, I’m not likely to go out of my way over three days of stay for a return of $21 USD.

I suppose there are some road warriors that can do well as a result of trying out a new hotel brand every night, most of these people are likely already with Marriott anyway and are likely familiar with their brand portfolio.

I also find it entertaining that Mariott calls this promotion “Go Your Way” but it actually requires you to disrupt your travel patterns to stay in more and different hotels. I’d actually rather prefer to stay with what I know, instead of exploring a discount brand like a Moxy, when I could be staying in a business brand like Westin.

Unfortunately, this promotion isn’t anywhere near as lucrative of the double elite night credit plus 1,000 points that was featured earlier in the year in Spring 2023. While I wouldn’t say no to more points, this one does absolutely nothing in terms of keeping stays with Marriott, in my humble opinion.

As a reminder for those short on elite qualifying nights, the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Credit Card offers 15 Elite Night Credits per calendar year. The fortunate customers in the United States are able to stack an additional 15 credits by also getting the Marriott Bonvoy American Express Business Credit Card.

This means that US customers can benefit from a total of 30 Elite Night Credits without even setting foot in a Marriott hotel. With the coveted Marriott Bonvoy Platinum status available at 50 Elite Qualifying Nights, it’s not a stretch to pick up an additional 20 nights for customers in the United States.

If you don’t happen to have a Marriott Bonvoy affiliated credit card, you can apply for one through these links posted below and earn the highest possible welcome bonus.

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American Express Marriott Bonvoy (CANADA)

55,000 Marriott Bonvoy Point Welcome Bonus with $3,000 minimum spend

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American Express Marriott Bonvoy (CANADA)

55,000 Marriott Bonvoy Point Welcome Bonus with $3,000 minimum spend

The Bottom Line: Marriott’s Fall Promotion

We now know the details of Marriott Bonvoy’s spring promotion. It’s fair to say it’s not too glamorous or generous.

While this promotion isn’t so exciting on the points earning side at just 1,500 additional points per stay, it gets a little more interesting on the 3,000 points for every three brands.

There exists the potential for those who are willing to expend substantial effort to earn more under this promotion. However, it does seem that this would require a lot more work than I’d actually personally get out of moving around all the time. You’ll also have to wait until as late as January 2024 in order to receive this additional brand bonus points.

As always, it’s still worth taking the effort to register, as more points are always better than less points. This is assuming you can actually get the system to let you register properly.

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What do you make of Marriott’s Fall Promotion ?

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