It’s tempting to book travel months in advance and then not look at your booking again until it’s time to check-in for your flight. But, if you generally approach travel this way, you’ll probably be leaving points, miles, and cash on the table. This is because you can (and should) check for price drops from time to time.
You can catch price drops on paid and award bookings at many programs with flexible cancellation policies. But in this article, let’s consider how and why to reevaluate Marriott Bonvoy Rewards.
Why is Reprice Marriott Rewards on hold?
Since Marriott Bonvoy introduced dynamic award pricing in 2022, award rates have fluctuated depending on the property you’re booking, the dates of your stay, and when you book. Thus, a specific Marriott Bonvoy award stay may cost less (or more) after you book. But if you book now and forget your stay, you’ll miss out on any potential price drops.
Some tools, like Rooms.aero, let you set alerts for low award pricing.
However, especially since I don’t usually commit to staying at a particular hotel on any given stay, I manually check and reevaluate my stays. While doing this, I check the payouts and rewards rates at the property I booked and other nearby properties. By doing this, I have the opportunity to save even more points or cash on my stay.
Related: What is Dynamic Rewards Pricing?
How to Reevaluate a Marriott Award Stay
If you want to re-evaluate a previously booked Marriott stay, it’s surprisingly easy. Start by logging into your Marriott account and clicking on “Trips” in the upper right corner. Scroll down to the accommodation you want to rebook, click the arrow drop-down option and select “View/Modify Room”.
Scroll down, check the current number of points you have redeemed and click “Modify Number”.
When you scroll down, check the redemption rates listed. If it is lower than what you saw on the previous page, click “Update.”
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On the next page, choose the points option instead of the free night award (unless you want to use the free night award). You’ll see a notice telling you how many points will be credited back to your account (or withdrawn if you’re rebooking at a higher rate). If you wish to rebook at the new rate, click “Submit Changes” to confirm the changes.
You can also switch to a paid rate through the same process. However, if you wish to reset the price or switch to a payment rate then I recommend canceling your stay and rebooking after clicking through to the online shopping portal.
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