Marriott Makes Changes To Points Advance Policy – No Longer Possible If You Have Enough Points

Marriott has something called points advance where when making a booking you could select ‘points advance’ and you could make a booking without having your points deducted. Within 14 days of arrival you need to have paid for your booking with points otherwise you lose your reservation. Previously you could use this feature even if you already had enough points to cover the reservation but Jeff Setter notes that this is no longer the case and points advance doesn’t show as an option if you have the required number of points. In addition Points Advance will only show as an option if your booking is more than 30 days out. Personally I think the change makes sense, although it will still be frustrating for those trying to make speculative bookings.