Originally Posted by hhoope01

So the question is once you use up all your points for the dummy reservation, can you still make another award reservation with no points in your account?

But even if you can still book more award reservations even with a zero balance, the net effect still isn't completely the same (though it is fairly close).

What if I only have 100K now and want to make a reservation for 1 year out that costs 200K points (knowing in 6 months I will be able to make another 150K)? Now, lets say in 3 months I decide to stay for a night at a hotel costing 40K? In 3 months, I don't yet have any points in my account (won't have them for another few months)? So I can't make that 40K award any longer.

So the next question is if you create that "dummy" reservation to pull out all your points, then make the reservation you really want and delete the "dummy" reservation, will Marriott automatically pull the points into the 2nd reservation (leaving you again with no points?) Or will get to keep those points in your account (at least until the old 1 week before stay point?)