MARriott Bonvoy Loyalists Face Surprise Devaluation.
For Marriott Bonvoy loyalists, 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, Marriott Bonvoy appears to have increased its award costs across many properties this past weekend in spots around the globe. Chinese award booking sites and hotel pricing trackers noticed a whopping 5% to 10% devaluation over the weekend. Our research also shows redemption points inching up for year-over-year amounts, too.
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. The largest points increases are at St. Regis, Ritz-Carlton, Edition, and Luxury Collection properties. For example, the highest nightly award rates at The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad are now 160,000 points per night, up from 142,000 points per night last year.
This also presents a challenge for anyone hoping to redeem their Marriott free night certificates. 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.
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 126,000 172,000
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.
