Marriott Bonvoy’s previous global promotion ended in late April 2023, and I suspect we won’t see another global promotion until after the summer travel rush. However, Marriott Bonvoy seems to be rolling out at least one targeted promotion for members, so it’s worth checking your account. I was even targeted, which I’m surprised about, since I feel like I never get targeted for promotions.
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Marriott’s stay twice, earn a free night promo
Marriott Bonvoy has been offering targeted promotions on and off for years. Members are typically emailed about these offers (with the subject line stating what the offer is), though you can also always go to the promotion central page of your Bonvoy account to see what you’re eligible for.
I’m eligible for the “Delight with More” promotion, offering a free night certificate after completing two stays:
As far as the terms of the offer go:
- The promotion is valid for stays through August 31, 2023
- If you complete two separate stays (regardless of length) at any Marriott Bonvoy property, you’ll earn a free night award worth 35,000 points
- The free night award will be valid for 12 months from when it’s issued
- Award nights don’t count toward this promotion, so only paid stays count
While this promotion doesn’t scale, it’s incredibly generous for completing just two stays. It’s essentially the equivalent of up to 17,500 Bonvoy bonus points per stay, but only for two stays.
It’s possible that there are other targeted offers out there, though it appears to me that this is the most common one.
How does Marriott Bonvoy target members for promotions?
Loyalty programs are consistently tight-lipped about how they go about targeting members for promotions. Generally speaking, targeted promotions are designed to encourage incremental business.
Unfortunately this means that the best customers often get the worst offers. After all, if a loyalty program feels like they don’t need to incentivize you, you may not get an offer. Meanwhile those who haven’t made a stay in a while might be those who can be swayed with a promotion like this.
As a Bonvoy Titanium member I’m very happy with my offer, and I’d guess I received it because I’ve only stayed a total of eight nights at Marriotts in the first five months of the year.
Bottom line
While Marriott Bonvoy isn’t currently offering a global promotion, the program is offering at least one kind of targeted promotion on a reasonably widespread basis. Make sure you keep an eye on your email and your Bonvoy account to see if you’re targeted for anything good. My offer is for a 35,000-point free night award after completing two paid stays.
Were you targeted for a promotion with Marriott Bonvoy, and if so, will you benefit from it?
I received a promo for double elite nights credits through August, but it says one night maximum lol. Platinum member with 50 nights so far, and I'm in the middle of a stay right now.
I was targeted for a double points on stays that include a weekend night. Better than nothing.
I haven't stayed at Marriott since the last promotion ended. Heavy traveller on road weekly. Doing Hilton with double points until Marriott makes an effort to applaud a valued lifetime customer.
Yes, same for me. This is pretty disgraceful on Marriott's part
agreed Peter
I didn't receive this promo, but when I logged in I had a different promo offer to earn 4,500 points for two paid stays by 9/30/23. Not great, but it's not nothing.
Lifetime Gold with ~11 paid nights this year.
Same for me.. it appeared and disappeared right away
I already registered and now it’s gone.
I had it this morning, got distracted by something and didn't register, and now just went to check back and now it's gone
I saw the offer when I have logged in. I immediately registered, and took a screenshot. I have booked 2 nights!
A few days later the promotion has disappeared from my account... I have emailed to Marriott Customer service, included a screenshot with registration.
My promotion reappeared :-)
Gold Elite Member with 3 paid and 5 redeemed nights.
Titanium with 124 nights so far. No promotion.
Platinum, 9 nights. No promo. Bonvoy'd again
I’m back to platinum this year, with 67 nights already. My promo was extremely lame. Double points on weekend stays.
Gold level, 30 nights this year with two stays over the next 3 weeks…no promo magic for me!
I received a different promo a few days ago (I am just a Silver through CC) - get 7,500 points after first stay and additional 15,000 points after the second stay.
Ambassador here, checked my promos in the app and this promo was there! 25 nights so far this year.
Titanium with 60 nights this year. I logged in. Have it also. Great
I was able to register but the promotion disappeared after logging in a second time. Happen to anyone else?
Yes, I registered for the promo and now it's gone. Now page says "Sorry this page doesn't exist".
Same here - registered and now it’s gone. According to the Bonvoy FB group this is happening to a lot of people.
Same experience for me….it disappeared when I tried to register.
Sounds like the targeting on the promotion wasn't well thought out. Giving the offer to those who are staying anyway isn't good business.
Could have been the targeting was backwards. Probably why they pulled the promo.
I'm Titanium with 28 elite night credits YTD and after reading Ben's blog, I found this promo waiting for me when I logged into my Bonvoy account.
I’m titanium as well with 51 nights so far and also received this promotion. However, my free night is only good for 6 months after issuance rather than the 12 month’s Ben listed.