What happened
Marriott Bonvoy has raised award prices at numerous popular hotels, with data showing a 5% to 10% devaluation over the past weekend and an average 13% increase in highest nightly award rates over the last year. The largest increases are concentrated at luxury brands including St. Regis, Ritz-Carlton, Edition, and Luxury Collection. Specific examples include The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad rising to 160,000 points (from 142,000), The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort reaching 220,000 points (from 198,000), and Mystique Santorini jumping 36.5% to 172,000 points. These increases challenge the value of Marriott's free night certificates, as several properties previously within the 35,000–85,000-point tiers now exceed those caps, requiring additional points to redeem