Marriott Seasonal Awards are a new redemption opportunity for a 25% discount on the standard reward cost available at select high end Marriott properties during off season dates.
The real value of these rewards is the ability to combine the 25% discount to the 20% discount of Marriott’s 5th Night Free Award. This creates a total 40% discount on the points needed based on the standard reward cost of a 5-night stay.
I wrote about these new Marriott Seasonal Awards last Friday, but given the holiday weekend many readers probably missed the post.
Marriott Rewards introduces 25% discount Seasonal Awards (Nov 23, 2012).
I consider Marriott Seasonal Awards to be one of the most exciting redemption opportunities since Hilton introduced Points & Money Awards in 2011. This is a big development for Marriott Rewards and brings back some of the deep discounts lost when Marriott Rewards eliminated their old progressively discounted awards in 2009 when a category 7 hotel for 7 nights was discounted 40%. They replaced that table with a maximum 20% discount on 5th night free awards. The new Seasonal Awards look to have far more participating properties than PointSavers awards over the past couple years.
Seasonal Award rate analysis
Scrub Island Resort Spa & Marina, Autograph Collection, British Virgin Islands
Marriott Category 8 Hotel Award
- 40,000 points per night Standard Award
- 160,000 points 5th night Free Award (20% discount)
- 140,000 points PointSavers 5-night award (30% discount)
- 120,000 points 5-night Seasonal Award (40% discount)
Nov 7-12, 2013 sample booking
- 120,000 points 5-night Seasonal Award (40% discount) for King Guestroom Ocean View. $25 daily resort fee.
- Paid rate = $375 per night and $2,256.25 after tax and resort fee.
- Redemption Value = $17.76 per 1,000 Marriott Rewards points.
I consider anything over $10 per 1,000 points to be a good Marriott Rewards redemption value. This hotel award is an example of an excellent value for points at nearly $18 per 1,000 points.
120,000 points for 5 nights at Scrub Island Resort, British Virgin Islands with Marriott Rewards Seasonal Award.
You even have the opportunity to upgrade this award stay to a higher category room with cash.
Cash Upgrade is $140 per night for a 1 Bedroom Suite for stays April 1 -September 30, 2013. The seasonal rate does not extend through November 2013, but this is the rate that was effective for November 2012.
The published rate difference between the base room at $375 and the 1 Bedroom Suite at $495 is only $120 per night. Upgrading a points reservation for $140 per night is an extra $20 over the published rates, but given the great value of points for this seasonal award, the extra $700 for a 5-night cash upgrade is a great value compared to paying published rates.
Cash Upgrade is not shown on website for 2 Bedroom Suite.
Participating Hotels for Marriott Seasonal Awards
USA
Arizona
Camelback Inn®, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Scottsdale
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa, Phoenix
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Scottsdale Marriott at McDowell Mountains
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
JW Marriott Starr Pass Resort & Spa
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
California
Desert Springs, A JW Marriott Resort & Spa, Palm Desert
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Marriott’s Desert Springs Villas I
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Marriott’s Shadow Ridge I-The Villages
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Marriott’s Shadow Ridge II-The Enclaves
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Marriott’s Desert Springs Villas II
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Renaissance Esmeralda Resort & Spa
- June 17 – August 30, 2013
Nevada
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Courtyard Las Vegas Convention Center
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Fairfield Inn Las Vegas Airport
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Residence Inn Las Vegas Henderson/Green Valley
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Courtyard Las Vegas Henderson/Green Valley
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Springhill Suites Las Vegas Henderson
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Residence Inn Las Vegas Hughes Center
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
TownePlace Suites Las Vegas Henderson
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
JW Marriott Las Vegas Resort & Spa
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
Residence Inn Las Vegas Convention Center
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
SpringHill Suites Las Vegas Convention Center
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
SpringHill Suites Las Vegas North
- July 15 – September 30, 2013
New York
The Algonquin Hotel, Autograph Collection
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
New York Marriott at the Brooklyn Bridge
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
The Carlton, Autograph Collection
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Times Square South
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Midtown East
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Upper East Side
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Courtyard New York Manhattan/Herald Square
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Residence Inn New York Manhattan/Times Square
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Renaissance New York Hotel Times Square
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
Fairfield Inn New York Manhattan/Chelsea
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
- January 1 – February 28, 2013
US Virgin Islands
Frenchman’s Reef & Morning Star Marriott Beach Resort
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
MVCI Marriott’s Frenchman’s Cove
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Renaissance St. Croix Carambola Beach Resort
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Puerto Rico
La Concha, A Renaissance Resort
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Mexico
JW Marriott Cancun Resort & Spa
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
CasaMagna(R) Marriott Cancun Resort
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Aruba
MVCI Marriott’s Aruba Surf Club
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
MVCI Marriott’s Aruba Ocean Club
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris Casino
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Renaissance Aruba Beach Resort & Casino
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
British Virgin Islands
Scrub Island Resort, Autograph Collection
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Cayman Islands
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Costa Rica
JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort & Spa
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Los Suenos Marriott Ocean & Golf Resort
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Curacao
Renaissance Curacao Resort & Casino
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Curacao Marriott Beach Resort & Emerald Casino
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Saint Kitts and Nevis
MVCI Marriott’s St. Kitts Beach Club
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
St. Kitts Marriott Resort & The Royal Beach Casino
- September 23 – November 23, 2013
Austria
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
The Imperial Riding School Vienna, A Renaissance Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Belgium
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Czech Republic
Prague Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Denmark
Copenhagen Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
France
JW Cannes
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Germany
Berlin Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Hamburg Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Heidelberg Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Munich Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Hungary
Budapest Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Netherlands
Amsterdam Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Renaissance Amsterdam Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Poland
Warsaw Marriott Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
Switzerland
Renaissance Zurich Hotel
- January 1 – March 1, 2013
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