If you're a Marriott Bonvoy loyalist, you don't need us to tell you that the lack of posted award charts for points redemptions can be frustrating, to say the least.
One of the true pain points of dynamic pricing is not being able to easily see when award costs increase, which seems to happen with regularity since Marriott introduced a dynamic pricing model in 2022. It's especially disheartening when you've been saving towards a special vacation at a property you've had on your eye on, only to find it's suddenly out of reach.
Unfortunately, based on online reports and our own searches, Marriott Bonvoy appears to have increased its award costs across many properties this past weekend in spots around the globe.
As Loyalty Lobby first shared, Chinese award booking sites and hotel pricing trackers noticed a whopping 5% to 10% devaluation over the weekend.
And we've been seeing redemption points inching up for year-over-year amounts, too.
In our research, we've found that Marriott's highest award prices have increased by an average of nearly 13% in just over a year, based on a sample of popular properties that we tracked award prices for. And across the board, we're seeing the largest points increases at St. Regis, Ritz-Carlton, Edition and Luxury Collection properties.
For example, we are now seeing highest nightly award rates at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad for 160,000 per night, up from 142,000 points per night last year; The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort for as high as 220,000 per night, up from 198,000 points per night; and the Mystique Santorini, Luxury Collection, up an eye-watering 46,000 more points per night, from 126,000 last year to 172,000 currently (that's actually a 36.5% jump!).
This also presents a challenge for anyone hoping to redeem their Marriott free night certificates. We can see that several properties that would have been easily redeemable at the 35,000-, 50,000- and 85,000-point levels are now just over the redemption amounts, meaning you'll need to add from a separate stash of points. And you're also capped at adding 25,000 points to a certificate.
Here's a chart comparing our 2025 highest award pricing findings to 2026/2027 highest award pricing for a sampling of popular properties:
| Property | Highest nightly points rate – 2025 | Highest nightly points rate – 2026/2027 |
|---|---|---|
| Courtyard Anaheim Theme Park Entrance in California | 98,000 | 98,000 |
| JW Marriott Masai Mara Lodge | 236,000 | 236,000 |
| Mystique, a Luxury Collection Hotel, Santorini in Greece | 126,000 | 172000 |
| SpringHill Suites Springdale Zion National Park in Utah | 74,000 | 78,000 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Bachelor Gulch in Colorado | 132,000 | 156,000 |
| The Ritz-Carlton, Kyoto in Japan | 152,000 | 168,000 |
| The Ritz-Carlton Maui, Kapalua in Hawaii | 132,000 | 142,000 |
| The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad | 142,000 | 160,000 |
| The Rome Edition | 130,000 | 140,000 |
| The St. Regis Aruba Resort | 128,000 | 146,500 |
| The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort in French Polynesia | 136,000 | 166,000 |
| The St. Regis Deer Valley in Utah | 138,000 | 162,000 |
| The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort | 198,000 | 220,000 |
| The St. Regis New York | 140,000 | 164,000 |
| The St. Regis Punta Mita Resort in Mexico | 138,000 | 168,000 |
| The Tokyo Edition, Toranomon | 133,000 | 152,500 |
| Vana Belle, a Luxury Collection Resort, Koh Samui in Thailand | 122,500 | 130,000 |
| Walt Disney World Swan Reserve in Florida | 84,000 | 96,000 |
Bottom line
Four years after dropping its award charts for a dynamic pricing structure, Marriott Bonvoy has significantly increased the number of points it costs to stay at some of its properties — and they've done so quietly, without warning. Prices are up not just significantly from last year, but even just this past weekend.
Now, you could easily wind up paying nearly 200,000 points per night at certain Marriott properties. And this per night points increase has considerably dampened the power of points certificates at the 35,000-, 50,000- and 85,000-point levels.
Editorial disclaimer: Opinions expressed here are the author’s alone, not those of any bank, credit card issuer, airline or hotel chain, and have not been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by any of these entities.
