![]() Going back to the Hilton example, yes you see more rooms open for award stays, but they are often billed as “premium” rooms and the award rates are two or three times higher than standard room awards. Marriott claims that flexible points redemption rates mean that properties will open more rooms overall for redemption stays, but that sounds like PR speak. Starting in 2023, there will be no more limits on award pricing.We don’t know which properties are on this list, but we can speculate that these will be the higher end properties in popular destinations, such as the Maldives, Hawaii etc. About 3% of hotels are expected to change pricing starting in March 2022.That means the properties will still fall in one of the program’s eight categories and the prices are expected to fluctuate only within the current off-peak and peak ranges Between March 2022 and the end of 2022, award pricing at more than 97% of properties will continue to be set as off-peak and peak.Starting in March 2022 Marriott Bonvoy will transition to dynamic award pricing.The award chart will be removed in March 2022.There will be no changes prior to March 2022.Let’s look at the full breakdown and the timeline of the changes to come: If you’ve ever booked a Hilton property with the Hilton Honors points, you know how wildly the points rates can fluctuate, even inside of one week. Unfortunately, this isn ’t going to be the case anymore. So even if you can only travel the peak season, you know the upper limit of what each property is going to cost. Marriott currently prices its hotels at standard, peak and off-peak rates. The changes will go into effect in March of 2022, and the new dynamic pricing will be based directly on the current cash rates at the property. Bonvoy is going full Hilton, IHG and Delta on us and is getting rid of its award chart. Marriott Bonvoy Is Eliminating Their Award Chart Let’s take a look at the changes Marriott has announced. ![]() If you are planning any award stays in 2022 and have a good stash of Marriott Bonvoy points, start thinking about what you want to do with them and possibly go ahead and make some bookings now to lock in current pricing. ![]() The short story is that award pricing is likely to go up in most cases. There were a couple of good things in today’s announcement, but overall, the changes aren’t positive ones with the announcement that they are eliminating their award chart in March 2022, and award pricing will instead be fully dynamic. Marriott has announced major changes to its Bonvoy program. Note: Some of the offers mentioned below may have changed or are no longer be available. Enrollment may be required for select American Express benefits and offers. Terms apply to American Express benefits and offers. This site does not include all financial companies or all available financial offers. This compensation may impact how and where links appear on this site. MileValue is part of an affiliate sales network and receives compensation for sending traffic to partner sites, such as. ![]()
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