Another big change is coming to the Marriott Bonvoy loyalty program. Whether it's a positive or negative, who knows. Seems like most things with Marriott turn out to be a negative for the customer, but I'll hold off my opinion for now.
This change involves off peak/standard/peak pricing. Similar to Southwest Airlines, if there is high demand for a flight or hotel room, the number of points you need increases. If there is low demand, the number of points you need decreases.
The new point chart looks like this:
Since we don't know yet what will be considered off peak/standard or peak, you may want to book now and then rebook if the points change in your favor. Before Wyndham changed its redemption chart earlier this year, I went ahead and booked our Glacier National Parks hotel and a hotel in New York City. The Glacier hotel didn't change redemption rate at all, but the New York City hotel sure did and it was not in my favor at all. So I got my one hotel night in New York City for 15,000 points. If you booked that same hotel now, it would cost you double at 30,000 points. Big difference.
So bottom line, if you are thinking about booking a Marriott hotel and it is in a popular place or during a popular time of year, you may want to book now just in case.
Good luck!
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