Marriott Going to Point Syst

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Re: Marriott Going to Point Syst (by Kathy W.):

ermanc wrote:
Greetings, I was wondering if others have noticed that Marriott Rewards Points, resulting from stays in a Marriott hotel or provided in exchange for Marriott timeshare use transfer to MVCI, can no longer be used for MVCI stays? I saw this on my MVCI account when I was looking at my options for 2012 use/exchange.

If this is true, then Marriott has indeed changed the deeded owner benefits/options by locking out our Rewards Points from use at timeshare properties.

Hope I read this foot-note incorrectly, but need feedback or actual experience.

thx

Erman

Erman:

The answer is Yes and the answer is No.

YES answer: We may currently use Rewards Points (we couldn't for a few years) to stay at a Marriott timeshare (MVCI) but please realize the points are now based on the category, just like the hotels are a category 1-7 or 8. You will notice that it takes a very large number of points for a week at MVCI, typically a category 6 or 7. These can be found on the Marriott web site.

NO answer: You can not use your points from the resort you own that you traded into Marriott Reward points to now go back to your home resort. (Who would want to anyway? The points are not even close.)

Another partial NO answer: I've had many Marriott employees tell me that these are very seldom available for Rewards points, especially where owners return to their home resort most of the time. I asked how/when you could best get a villa and they said in the off-season or at a resort that is not as in demand.

Hope this helps!