Just something I've been curious about. Do the hotels get compensated by Marriott Corp somehow when a customer uses points?
Since they don't get money from us when we check out (excluding of course any incidentals etc) I'm wondering if it's in their interest to give you the worst room in the place, treat you real well since you're probably preferred or....?
I don't know, maybe it's in their franchise agreement that have to accept points with no compensation?