As I noted earlier in this thread, I redeemed points for the European Sampler on 30 December 2008, and reserved the rooms on 15 April 2009 for stays in September 2009. At the time the reservations were made, I received e-mails from Marriott confirming the reservations and the details.

Last week I received (unsolicited) notifications from Marriott as to all three reservations. I checked against the e-mails I received when I made the reservations, and the details all seem unchanged. Dates and reservation numbers match.

Based on this thread, I immediately checked my account, fearing they had deducted another 150,000 points, but all was well -- no additional deductions.

I know Marriott has begun sending out "reminder" e-mails about five days before a reserved stay is to commence, but since the stays are for a month from now, I doubt that's the explanation in this case.

Anyone have any ideas why the new e-mails last week?