Booking a trip can be an exciting experience, but neglecting to check back on your reservations can lead to missed opportunities. If your travel routine usually involves forgetting about your booking after confirmation, you might be leaving valuable points, miles, and cash behind. Regularly monitoring your reservations can reveal price drops and enhance your travel savings.
This strategy applies to both paid and award bookings, especially if you choose flexible cancellation policies. In this piece, we’ll specifically examine the rebooking process for Marriott Bonvoy award stays.
Why revisit Marriott award stays
Since the introduction of dynamic award pricing by Marriott Bonvoy in 2022, the rates for award stays have varied based on several factors, including property, travel dates, and booking time. Consequently, you may find that the cost of your specific Marriott Bonvoy award stay changes post-booking. By simply letting your reservation sit without review, you could miss potential price drops.
Tools like Rooms.aero are helpful for setting alerts on lower award pricing. However, my approach is a bit more hands-on. Given that I don’t always have my heart set on a specific hotel, I frequently check and reprice my stays. This involves assessing both the original property and nearby alternatives, which opens up opportunities to save more points or cash.
Interested in dynamic award pricing? Check out this comprehensive guide.
Steps to reprice a Marriott award stay
Revisiting a Marriott stay for repricing is straightforward. Log into your Marriott account and head to the “Trips” section in the upper-right corner. Find your intended stay, click the dropdown arrow, and select “View/Modify Room.”
Scroll down to verify the current points redeemed and select “Modify Room.”
Next, look at the redemption rate displayed. If it’s lower than what you had initially noted, proceed by clicking “Update.”
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On the next screen, choose points for rebooking instead of a free night award (unless you wish to use a free night). You’ll see a notification detailing how many points will be returned to your account—or how many will be taken if you choose a higher rate. Click “Submit Changes” to confirm if you’re happy with the new rate.
This same process allows you to consider switching to a paid rate; however, I recommend canceling your initial booking and rebooking through an online shopping portal for the best pricing.
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