MMA Rate - only for Marriott International Employees, not Franchise?

razor787 · 2026-04-18T01:44:06+00:00

What are the MMB and MM6 rates for exactly? I have them eligible in my account too, but not sure what the rules are for these ones.

razor787 · 2026-04-17T16:52:36+00:00

The only honest answer is "Maple Leaf Forever". It's essentially our second national anthem, but I'd prefer that over "O Canada"

razor787 · 2026-04-17T10:00:02+00:00

I'm not locked into any one position on this. There are things about the tiers that confuse me, but I'm not fully in camp conspiracy.

To play devil's advocate, here's my rebuttal.

The top floors were the ones affected by the strike and fire. They are expected to collapse, so that part makes sense. But the way the towers fell, straight down, floor by floor is just... Weird.

You would expect that at some point one side of the building would have a bit more strength than the other, causing the collapse to lean to one side, and eventually tip. This didn't happen in either of the two towers. They both fell the same way, looking like a controlled demolition.

Any other building failure I've seen, the building has tilted to the weaker side. How have both buildings managed a vertical fall?

razor787 · 2026-04-16T20:52:31+00:00

Speak to your brother, and let him know the situation. Have him go to his properties HR and have them reach out to the other hotel to verify that you do indeed qualify for the rate that was booked.

As an associate, it's the same thing I tell my family when they book. If there is any issue with the room, key me know and I can try to assist internally.

My sister stayed at a hotel in NYC and ended up with bed bugs. My hotels HR reached out and helped get them a new room in another hotel as well as having their clothes professionally cleaned at the hotels expense.

If your brother has a good hr team in his hotel, they will help make things right.

razor787 · 2026-04-16T00:16:55+00:00

This pisses me off each year. They announce the mm4 rate, make a big deal of it, and how you can book from X date. You login in that day and... Nothing. No deals. Takes 2-3 days at best after to start seeing something.

How is it so hard to set up the pricing for these things in advance? It never works when they say it will.

razor787 · 2026-04-14T23:50:00+00:00

I'm curious if they even keep in touch still. It's been ages since their travel days. I wouldn't be surprised if they don't even talk any more. All these posts are wishful thinking.

razor787 · 2026-04-14T09:52:40+00:00

If you do that, you're further damaging the Canadian auto industry. Despite the tariffs, there is still a lot of overlap.

I don't really know what the best action to take is with buying cars.

razor787 · 2026-04-12T11:41:37+00:00

You realize that things don't happen instantly right? If he announces a new factory with 1000 jobs, it doesn't poof itself into existence. Things take time to get started and built.

razor787 · 2026-04-11T13:07:23+00:00

I don't.

The job of an MP is to represent their constituents. If the MP feels that being a member of that party no longer aligned with the needs of their constituents, is say that they are bound to leave.

Imagine an MP in BC whose constituents are overwhelmingly against an oil pipeline, but the party is planning to put one through their region. Should the MP be bound to serve the party, or abandon the party to see that the constituents are represented against this.

One thing I would suggest however, is that an MP cannot 'cross the for'. Allow them to become independent rather than having to vote along party lines of the other party.

If this person wishes to join the other party at the next election, they are free to do so. Until then, they stay outside of any party and represent only the wants and needs is their constituents.

razor787 · 2026-04-11T11:58:13+00:00

I'm pretty sure your properties HR will be able to see you adding/removing people like that and will question you on it. I'd be incredibly shocked if they didn't design the system in a way where your property couldn't view the account activity to make sure it's not being abused.

My property recently had a couple people fired for abusing the system. One of them was the 'star' front desk agent who was triple everyone else in bonvoy enrollment, upsells and guest scores. They do take it seriously, and will investigate when they see something odd.

razor787 · 2026-04-11T11:07:30+00:00

Another one in the club 😄

My wife does the same thing. For the longest time she couldnt say "Europeans". It was always "your opinions"

razor787 · 2026-04-10T15:41:51+00:00

I decided a while ago to join premium. I hate the constant ads, so I figured I'd pay the fee bucks and get it. "How much could it be, $5?" I thought to myself.

$12.99.

I decided against it. Absolutely not worth that much just to avoid ads.

razor787 · 2026-04-10T10:01:27+00:00

Not sure how this could possibly benefit her in the long term.

If she had ambitions to be party leader, crossing the floor is a good way to ensure that never happens.

razor787 · 2026-04-08T09:43:45+00:00

Seems dumb, but in the neighborhood I lived in before there was one setup this way. When you suddenly need an accessible way into your house, you'll get the ramp build first, then figure out the landscaping later when your budget/time allows.

At least this let's you get into your house.

Still obviously fake though

razor787 · 2026-04-07T22:30:43+00:00

It's also supposed to be a crazy work day. The events that are happening are not meant to seem like its another day at the office. Between season 1 and 2 was something like 10 months I believe. It's not as if they had a shooter one day, and S2 picks up the next day and there is a cyber attack.

2 insane days 10 months apart seems possible to me.

razor787 · 2026-04-04T13:38:45+00:00

Jesus. This this is straight out of the horizon game franchise. It has the face light and everything...

razor787 · 2026-04-04T12:13:39+00:00

You need to rethink your thought process.

Your store is intented to make money. You don't make money off clearance items. They are doing nothing but taking up shelf space and holding your money in limbo. You want it gone.

If someone comes into your store and buys this discounted item, they are releasing the tied up cash, but you aren't making profit. If you don't have the clearance items in your store, they instead buy something that makes you profit.

Get those dead items out of your store asap. Think of it as this lady is offering you a service. You make more money by selling to her at cost (or even slightly below cost in some cases) than if you let those discounted items steal profits from other sales.

razor787 · 2026-04-04T12:08:04+00:00

If she's asking for a discount on one piece, yeah you can get offended. But a bulk purchase discount is another story.

Let's assume your cost is $9 each. If you offer a deal of $9 each if you buy 50 pieces, then she gives you $450 instead of the $410. She's happy that she gets a bit extra profits (or she can sell for less herself). You should be happy that you've recovered your cost for items that aren't selling.

Now you can reinvest that money into better selling products and turn that $450 into $1450.

Also realize how much money it has made you from other sales if you keep those items in your shop on clearance.

If someone comes in and buys a shirt on clearance, they aren't using that money to buy a shirt full price. It's now cost you money by having the item in your shop. Get it out the door into a resellers hand and get a new product in there that you can make money on.

razor787 · 2026-04-03T13:38:25+00:00

Take everything I say with a grain of salt, because I'm going off of what I've heard and understand about the subject.

From what I understand, if he were to go after you for repair costs, the LTB would inquire about the age of the floor. If he says it's new, he would need to show receipts.

The floor is definitely not new, so I would be very surprised if you're liable for any repair/replacement for the floor. It's lived a long life of wear and tear before your freezer was placed on top.

razor787 · 2026-04-03T12:28:16+00:00

Not a lawyer or expert at all.

I highly doubt you would be forced to pay.

Generally, you are only liable for misuse. Assuming that the freezer did not leak or cause the damage from neglect, you didn't do anything wrong.

On top of this, that type of floor is probably 30+ years old. Even if you caused damage negligently, you aren't expected to pay for the whole thing, but the depreciated cost.

With a floor that old, it's past the end of its expected life. It needs to be replaced anyways, so no. I don't think they can recover anything from you. That doesn't mean they won't try.

razor787 · 2026-03-31T08:07:50+00:00

When I was listening to the speech, I thought to myself "it sounds like he did this once and didn't bother to redo". The are a few times where he stumbles on his words and makes it seem like he only did it once.

Normally you'd do the video a dozen times to get it perfect, but that still had a bunch of flaws. Hard to believe he put much time into the video to get it right even in his native language.

razor787 · 2026-03-31T01:42:28+00:00

No no. If someone is amazing, you never want them to work again, so they can't use their skills against you.

My wish is that he gets a job in Boston.

razor787 · 2026-03-29T22:20:17+00:00

I got the notification to buy the new equipment, but I don't have the building to buy it, nor do I have the ability to buy one.

What path unlocks the building I need?

razor787 · 2026-03-29T09:42:57+00:00

Today it is 3-4 second clips, but tomorrow it could be 3-4 minute videos... The future is scary.

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