Tomorrow Marriott/SPG will become a unified program and as part of that change there will be a new award chart and pricing. The majority of properties will be getting cheaper (at least for now before another award chart goes into effect in 2019), but some properties will be going up in price. Breakdown is as follows:
- 52% of properties will move to a lower redemption rate
- 31%Â of properties will move to a higher redemption rate
- 17% of properties will be priced the same
I’d recommend having a look at your travel plans and booking any properties that will be increasing in price, although at this stage you’ve left things to the final minute. I’d also be ready to book any properties you want under the new program immediately, especially those that will be category 8 in 2019 as I suspect availability there will disappear quickly.
