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Marriott Bonvoy is offering a 25% discount on points purchases until December 20, 2022. You must buy at least 2,000 points to receive the discount.

Does it Make Sense?

The regular price of a Marriott point is 1.25 cents, so currently ~1.1p each. A 25% discount means that you would be paying ~0.83p per point.

If you are redeeming points at expensive hotels using Marriott’s fifth night free award pricing, you can occasionally find a bargain by buying points (instead of paying cash). You are less likely to find value when redeeming points for shorter stays…

Marriott Bonvoy points also have a useful ‘floor value’ – via converting them to airline miles. 60,000 Marriott points will convert into 25,000 miles in a large number of frequent flyer programmes (except for 3!).

MOST IMPORTANTLY, however, a 25% discount is one of the weakest offers Marriott has come up with in recent times. You should expect to see a 45-55% bonus promotion come along in early 2023, which (if USD/GBP exchange rates were the same) would get the price to something more like 0.7p per point.

Bottom Line

If you are absolutely desperate for some Marriott points, a 25% discount is better than nothing. But most people should just wait for a better offer to come along…