Originally Posted by
caltraveler
This is by far the toughest hotel in the Marriott chain to usa an award. Over the years I have been successful a couple times but only with a huge amount of effort and dealing with the hotel directly.
Along with Paris, and Capri, and...pretty much all the cool places. European award availability without having to check every single day for individual awards nights is why I switched to Starwood for most of my point accruals. That, and a particularly disappointing stay at the Flora.