Good to see so many European hotels on the list, unfortunate these EEO's are only valid for 8 weeks and were published far too late on 8th July for the vast majority of those interested to be able to use them that weekend.

I am also a member of Priority Club, which introduced pointbreaks (a list published 3 times a year of properties where nights could be redeemed for 5000 points per night, a real bargain) a few years ago as compensation for a big devaluation. When I joined PC this was a really valuable benefit with a lot of hotels worldwide participating including a few Intercontinentals and a good sprinkling of Crowne Plazas. The great thing about pointbreaks was the savings, a Holiday Inn costs 20,000 points/night, Crowne Plazas 25,000 and Intercontinentals 30,000.

Over the years I've seen the list of hotels on Pointbreaks get shorter and the gaps between list replenishment longer. A once great benefit has been curtailed.

The same could be said for EEO's, but the confusing part of this is that poinbreaks were brought in as a sop, and one kinda expects them to be phased out when no-ones looking, but EEO's are a major part of the Marriott Gold/Plat benefits, that for some reason is going astray. Marriott should bring it back into line and find a way to ensure there is always some international availability. If it is to be in some way more restricted in terms of availability then its time to publish it.

Judging by the progress on the Pointbreak sticky I wuld expect someone to be guessing about the next EEO list and availability in about a forntnight!