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Marriott “Status Extensions, Redemption Flexibility, and Pausing Points Expiration” Email

by John Ollila
October 28, 2021
Reading Time: 2 mins read
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Marriott has started to send out emails to its Bonvoy guest loyalty program members about the extensions and changes to the program announced on Tuesday (read more here and here).

Marriott tries to bury the terrible program news (entirely dynamic award rates for stays from 2023) with good information regarding tier, certificate, Suite Night Awards, and point expiry extensions.

You can access Marriott Bonvoy’s page frequently asked questions about these changes here.

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Here are the two pieces we published about these changes on Tuesday

“Status Extensions, Redemption Flexibility, and Pausing Points Expiration” Email:

Marriott has come up with a new word for its most significant point devaluation ever, “Flexible Point Redemption Rates,” which means that the point redemption rates go up and down based on the room prices.

On the piece that we published the other day, we expect the value of Marriott Bonvoy point to be valued at roughly 0.6 cents each compared to other programs with fully or partially dynamic options (IHG, Hilton & others). Marriott already uses this for Homes & Villas awards (entirely dynamic), and members can offset their on-property charges at 0.4 cents per point.

Here’s how Marriott tries to battle the question on the FAQs:

Will it now cost me more Marriott Bonvoy® Points to redeem?

While an award night can still be booked the same way it always has been, the redemption Rate of an award night is now more flexible. That means when there is more availability at the Hotel – during slower periods, for instance – redemption Rates may be lower. In general, the range of Marriott Bonvoy® Points required to redeem a Stay at a Hotel will be the same as they are today.

First, don’t get fooled by “the range.” The range already is up to 100,000 points per night. This would cover hotel redemptions for up to $600 per night, which is more than most Marriott hotels charge.

Note that Marriott also uses words such as “evolve,” “may,” “in general,” and “could.” So expect to pay more in terms of points for most of your award stays unless you end up booking a cheap hotel during a slow period when you previously should have paid in cash anyway.

Pros and Cons of Dynamically Priced Awards

Pros & Cons Of Dynamically Priced Hotel Awards

Here are the main two pieces we published about these changes:

Marriott Bonvoy Moves To Fully Dynamically Priced Hotel Awards In 2023

Marriott Bonvoy Status, Point Expiry, Suite Night & Free Night Award Extensions Announced

Conclusion

It is difficult to see how this would benefit most Marriott Bonvoy members. Swiping their co-branded cards with Chase, Amex, and other issuers is essentially a lose-lose proposition. So why would you earn Marriott Bonvoy points instead of cashback or convertible points?

I have roughly 800K Marriott Bonvoy points left from all the redemptions I have done in the past few years, and will get perhaps two 5-night stays at top of the line Marriott Bonvoy properties before the program is decimated.

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