You can transfer your ur points to a number of programs. I wouldn't recommend you transfer them to Marriott unless you have no other choice. It's not the best redemption value. I don't use southwest so don't know how good the transfer value is but you might do it to cap off you sw account for flight redemption. Hyatt is decent transfer for urs if they have properties where you are going. United is decent for redemptions not sure how many miles you need. Depending on where flying to/from BA can be great for short flight redemptions and should be checked.
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I dont think Southwest flies to anywhere in the Carribean.
One good thing about the Marriot points is they have a cash+points option, so you can probably cover most of your hotel stay and pay cash for the rest. I beleive, with Marriot award redemptions the 5th night is free, so if you stay for 5 it will cost the same amount of points as 4 nights.
I would highly recommend the Ritz in Cancun....which actually has nicer beaches than the Carribean.
You can probably redeem 150K Marriot points for a 5 night stay at the Ritz in Cancun in an ocean view room.
You can usually get rety good deals on flights to Cancun to. What part of the country are you in?
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@IWOL wrote:I dont think Southwest flies to anywhere in the Carribean.
One good thing about the Marriot points is they have a cash+points option, so you can probably cover most of your hotel stay and pay cash for the rest. I beleive, with Marriot award redemptions the 5th night is free, so if you stay for 5 it will cost the same amount of points as 4 nights.
I would highly recommend the Ritz in Cancun....which actually has nicer beaches than the Carribean.
You can probably redeem 150K Marriot points for a 5 night stay at the Ritz in Cancun in an ocean view room.
You can usually get rety good deals on flights to Cancun to. What part of the country are you in?
We'd be flying from Colorado to where ever we go. SWA actually does fly to a few destinations in the Caribbean. I know they go to Aruba. I'll have to check and see about Cancun. Thanks for the tip on the Ritz!
While I stick with my position that transferring UR points to marriot isn't usually a good return I do vaguely remember someone commenting about marriott package deals that could include flight and being able to pay with all points. Haven't used it but have heard you can get a decent return on some of those packages if they have carribean ones.