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So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Credit-hoarder — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:30:20 GMT

Since I'm debating whether I'm going to keep my Marriott Bonvoy Biz card (SPG) past Oct. 2020--I decided to use some of my 100k + pts. to book a 2 night stay at a Courtyard facility in No. Carolina in about 2 weeks. The room goes for about $89 per night + tax--and I used 25k pts (no cash out) for the booking. The way I figure it probably came out to about .8cpp. As the title says--did I get good value out of the pts. I used?

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

redpat — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:44:26 GMT

Good value or deal doesn’t matter to anyone else. If you are happy with the redemption that is all that matters.

Enjoy your two night stay.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Credit-hoarder — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:56:34 GMT

@redpat wrote:
Good value or deal doesn’t matter to anyone else. If you are happy with the redemption that is all that matters.

Enjoy your two night stay.

Thanks redpat. I'm fine with the redemption. It's just with reading so much recently about the devaluation of SPG pts. since last year--I'm figuring I might not have done bad seeing as how most people here on the forum are saying the points are now only worth about roughly .5 or .6cpp when making hotel reservations. That was one of the things leading me away from keeping the card when the 2020 AF rolls around.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

kdm31091 — Wed, 31 Jul 2019 23:59:24 GMT

Are you happy with the reward? Will you enjoy the trip? Rewards are always a bonus, so a free 2 night stay is a free 2 night stay and if it's what you wanted, the "value" is irrelevant. It's the personal value to you that matters.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

wasCB14 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 01:29:42 GMT

I would be quite happy to get 0.8 cents per point for Marriott. I've accumulated a lot of points through various Amex promos and don't stay there often enough to be particularly picky about my redemptions.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Loquat — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:35:23 GMT

@Credit-hoarder wrote:
Since I'm debating whether I'm going to keep my Marriott Bonvoy Biz card (SPG) past Oct. 2020--I decided to use some of my 100k + pts. to book a 2 night stay at a Courtyard facility in No. Carolina in about 2 weeks. The room goes for about $89 per night + tax--and I used 25k pts (no cash out) for the booking. The way I figure it probably came out to about .8cpp. As the title says--did I get good value out of the pts. I used?

@Credit-hoarder At 0.008cpp you didn't to bad. Considering that you earn 2x Marriott points per dollar on non category spend that would net you a point value of 0.008*2 (0.016 per dollar spent) and if you earn those points in the bonus category of 4x then you did even better at 0.008*4 (0.03 per dollar spent).

Like others have said...as long as you feel good about the redemption then that's all that matters...but that aside you still did alright. Enjoy your stay!

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

wasCB14 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 03:47:53 GMT

The pleasure/practicality value of a room can be much greater than its cash price.

But if I said I wanted to redeem 300k Marriott points for one night at a $150 Fairfield Inn in the middle of nowhere...but that I felt good about it...I would hope no one would tell me that was all that matters!

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

NRB525 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 07:49:02 GMT

@wasCB14 wrote:
The pleasure/practicality value of a room can be much greater than its cash price.

But if I said I wanted to redeem 300k Marriott points for one night at a $150 Fairfield Inn in the middle of nowhere...but that I felt good about it...I would hope no one would tell me that was all that matters!

You would get smiles and nods from me.

Kind of like how I smile and nod when my ex buys horses.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Anonymous — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:40:59 GMT

I dont see how people value Marriott points at .5cpp. My worst redemption this year was 1.5 cpp. I got over 2cpp for a 5 night stay in Aruba. To get most value stay 5 nights as 5th night is free on award bookings.

I got .8 cpp. for Hilton though.

25k points aren't much so I wouldn't worry about getting low value.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

wasCB14 — Thu, 01 Aug 2019 23:55:19 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I dont see how people value Marriott points at .5cpp. My worst redemption this year was 1.5 cpp. I got over 2cpp for a 5 night stay in Aruba. To get most value stay 5 nights as 5th night is free on award bookings.

I got .8 cpp. for Hilton though.

25k points aren't much so I wouldn't worry about getting low value.

A few years ago I had some fall/winter revenue stays in NYC that, had I booked them as award nights, would have been around 0.4 cpp.

40k-45k points for a room that could be $175 after tax.

So if you don't travel much but want to go to NYC in the off-season...

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Credit-hoarder — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 01:08:49 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
I dont see how people value Marriott points at .5cpp. My worst redemption this year was 1.5 cpp. I got over 2cpp for a 5 night stay in Aruba. To get most value stay 5 nights as 5th night is free on award bookings.

I got .8 cpp. for Hilton though.

25k points aren't much so I wouldn't worry about getting low value.

This is the kind of stuff I was seeing also on the forums after the SPG "devaluaton" which had me questioning whether getting the card when I did was a good idea or not. The fact I got more than that apparently with my 25k booking led me to believe I didn't do too bad. And some of the replies are going to help me decide whether or not to keep it after Oct. 2020. I had been using this card for a while after I got it for business shipping at 4x--but once I hit the SUB back in January I pretty much SD'd it upon hearing that 4 Marriott pts. only break down to about 1cpp when reedeming. But now I may give it another chance in the shipping dept.--not 100% sure yet though.

Re: So Diid I Make A Good Deal? (Marriott Pts. Booking)

Anonymous — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 02:15:03 GMT

@Credit-hoarder wrote:
@Anonymous wrote:
I dont see how people value Marriott points at .5cpp. My worst redemption this year was 1.5 cpp. I got over 2cpp for a 5 night stay in Aruba. To get most value stay 5 nights as 5th night is free on award bookings.

I got .8 cpp. for Hilton though.

25k points aren't much so I wouldn't worry about getting low value.

This is the kind of stuff I was seeing also on the forums after the SPG "devaluaton" which had me questioning whether getting the card when I did was a good idea or not. The fact I got more than that apparently with my 25k booking led me to believe I didn't do too bad. And some of the replies are going to help me decide whether or not to keep it after Oct. 2020. I had been using this card for a while after I got it for business shipping at 4x--but once I hit the SUB back in January I pretty much SD'd it upon hearing that 4 Marriott pts. only break down to about 1cpp when reedeming. But now I may give it another chance in the shipping dept.--not 100% sure yet though.

You get a free night worth up to 35k points on renewal. I get 5 free nights as we have 5 Marriott cards. They aren't as good as the 35k points as you don't get 5th night free with reward certificates and you can't stay at the top properties.

But for example you can book certain Marriott properties in NYC for the 35k certificate on rooms that are over $450 a night. So for the $95 annual fee you could get a $450 room. And its not like in NYC you can get a decent room in high season for $95.

The only negative I can see with Marriott points is a lot of places in Europe don't seem to have rooms available for points if you have kids in the room with you.

I know people go on and on about how much Hyatt points are worth but they are harder to earn and the hotel selection for Hyatts just isn't anywere as close to what Marriott has to offer.