Hotel occupancy and average daily room rates are hovering around record highs, and hotel loyalty programs were built as semi-revenue based from the outset.
Nonetheless sometimes a surprise devaluation is so harsh that you know it isn’t true. Still with everyone nervous about what a combined program for Starwood and Marriott will look like, and a 1:3 transfer ratio in place, the idea of 950,000 Starpoints for the Residence Inn in Arlington, Texas for a $94 room right.. jarring, amiright?
Marriott is good at a lot of things. They’re good at managing hotels consistently, even if the Courtyard I spent the last couple of days at couldn’t consistently provide bath gel for me in the shower. They’re good at pricing hotels. I’ve long thought it’s fair to say that IT isn’t a core capability.
(HT: William L.)
@Gary
This makes no sense…
How many nights is the stay for? It seems all the hotels in your search are on that balloark points pricing
Could it be a glitch in the system?
Marriott point rewards are not dynamic so what is the story with this booking?
Do you have the dates that you requested? Maybe you put some n a very long stay?
@Doug a one night stay, the answer is an IT glitch as I thought I made clear in the post
Factoring in for 5th night frees, 2,280,000 points will get you 142 nights in a Category 6. Or 380 nights in a Category 1.
…and if you have 2,280,000 Hilton points you can get about 6 free nights at a Hampton Inn;)
Actually you could get 456 nights at a category one Hilton
Hilton Venice asks for 3 Million points for their Presidential suite! Maybe Trump will take Stormy there!
I’m 99% sure you accidentally selected many multiple nights. I had the same thing happen, was puzzled, and realized my mistake.
Some years ago, I found a redemption rate in the tens of millions of Starpoints for Bora Bora. Well, at least it was a luxury property…
They outsource their IT