TARGETED: Marriott Delight With More: Stay Twice, Earn A Free Night

Another day and there’s another loyalty program email that is too good to pass up!

Marriott Bonvoy – TARGETED Delight With More: Stay Twice, Earn A Free Night Promotion

• Limited-time offer: Enjoy a free night after you stay twice.
  • Targeted Promotion: This appears to be a targeted offer
  • Register today to activate your offer
  • Stay twice at any of our 8,000+ extraordinary hotels and resorts worldwide participating in Marriott Bonvoy
  • Get one Free Night Award valued at 35,000 points after your second eligible stay*.
  • Redeem for a free night at thousands of hotels worldwide, finding your ideal getaway.
    

Promotion Terms & Conditions

• A “stay” is defined as one or more consecutive nights spent at the same hotel, regardless of check-in/checkout activity, on any Points-eligible rate (“Qualifying Rate”).
  • Note that for Marriott promotions, award redemption nights including Points redemption, Cash + Points, or Free Night Awards redemption are not eligible for the Promotion.
• Stays completed prior to Promotion registration are not eligible for this offer. 
• Book stays directly through Marriott Channels in order to participate in the Promotion.
• Registered members can earn one (1) Free Night Award valued at 35,000 Points after their second (2nd) eligible paid stay during the Promotion’s earning period (the “Promotion”). 
• Earning period starts the same day after the member registers and continues through the end of the month, plus an additional two (2) months (the “Earning Period”).
  • For me, this means that I have to complete my two stays prior to 2/28/2026
• Registered members electing to earn Miles are not eligible for this Promotion.

My Experience Signing Up for Delight With More: Stay Twice, Earn A Free Night Promotion

• Targeted Promotion: I got an email about this titled: Last Chance to Earn a Free Night, Rosemary and also saw it in my Marriott App under promotion
• Register: I was taken to this page to sign up – note that this does have you sign into your Bonvoy account but you can try to see if it works for you
• Dates for my promotion Now through 02/28/2026 as the promo period starts the same day after the member registers and continues through the end of the month, plus an additional two (2) months (the “Earning Period”).
• Promotion Status Both my account online and on the app showed the promotion active and the progress bar immediately after registering

Marriott Bonvoy 35K Points Free Night Award Earned Via This Promo

• The Free Night Award will be added to the member’s account within three to five (3–5) business days after your second (2nd) qualifying stay.
• The Free Night Award is valid for six (6) months from the date of issuance.
• A maximum of one Free Night Award can be earned during the Promotion.

Marriott Bonvoy Free Night Award Valued at 35,000 Points

• A Free Night Award may be used to pay for the expense of your room and related room taxes only and is good for one night, for one standard guest room only.
• Free Night Awards can be redeemed for one night in a standard guest room at a participating property offering a redemption rate up to 35,000 Points.
  • Members are able to redeem or purchase up to 15,000 Points to expand the value of such Free Night Award.
• Members who apply the Free Night Award on a night where the value of the Free Night Award is higher than the standard guest room award redemption rate will forfeit the difference in Points and not receive a points refund.
• Stays must be booked through direct Marriott Channels in order to participate in the Promotion.

Possible Uses For 35K Points Free Night Award

Best value can mean a lot of things: again I always say that if you are able to travel for cheaper, better or more often, then you are doing this right but perhaps it is easier to make my case with some examples?

PORTUGAL: While I love, love, LOVE Hyatt, one of the big downsides is the small footprint of their hotels means that there aren’t many in a country ie Portugal. Marriott is at the opposite end of the spectrum being in many, many places and Portugal has many mid tiers and even some luxury hotels within the 35K-50K range in/near Porto, Lisbon (Penha Longa Resort in Sintra has Friday and Saturday nights available from 38K points through early April with some random days through June!) and the Algarve region!

DISNEYLAND: I have been getting a number of requests to help with travel hacking Disney vacations and this is a prime example of how to offset costs (airline and hotel) so you can use cash for experiences because dang those Disney tickets are pricey! You could book a night at one of the two SpringHills Suite Hotels that offer complimentary breakfast and both are close enough to walk to Disney and watch the firework shows (some nights as low as 37K points including during spring break)

Why You Should Do This (ie Why Am I Doing This?)

I don’t have any upcoming Marriott stays or travels planned but I still signed up just in case I ended up booking some nights – it’s an easy way to score a free night award!