Originally Posted by littlevoices

Indeed you are correct - however, if you are fixed to specific dates at the moment where there is only anytime availability around then it would probably work out just about cheaper in points to wait until January (and I suspect if you did it and rang and found no availability on Jan 15th then you could rightly complain to Marriott to force them to make rooms available.)

Just as a quick points calc for you
Pre-Jan 15th changes..
Standard 7 nights @ Cat 7 = 150,000 points
Anytime 7 nights @ Cat 7 = 300,000 points
Of course you could try and combine standard & anytime to reduce the price

Post Jan 15th changes...
7 Nights @ Cat 8 (40kx6 + 1 free night) = 240,000 points
No anytime