Originally Posted by NikoGoutakolis

I called the Marriott Platinum Line today (I only stayed 22 nights, yes 22 nights, I had a few deaths in the family, stayed at a lot of homes for that reason) because I expect to get back at traveling a little more in 2017.

The main reason I want the Marriott Platinum is for the United Silver, as I’m 6 foot 6 inches, and have fallen in love with the free Economy Plus, and the Premier Access and Priority phone line over there has helped me a lot.

Anyway, I called, and the guy seemed to be new or un-educated about the buy-back, and quoted me a price of 60,000 points for Platinum, but says that it’s because the early redemption promo rate of 40,000 pts ended on April 1st. He did say that it might go back to 40,000 in January, but if they don’t renew the promotion, I might run the risk of having no UA Status and pointless Marriott Silver.

I didn’t pay the 60,000 points, mainly because I didn’t have that many points in my Marriott Bank at the time (but I could through RewardsPlus transfer if I want to).

Any thoughts on what I should do? When does Marriott typically announce the buy-back rates?