Originally Posted by
phltraveler
5) Mobile keys at participating properties theoretically make the stop to the front desk totally unnecessary if you're taking the points instead of the $10 F&B voucher on the Marriott side as an elite, although I have never gotten this function to work properly and wouldn't be comfortable only having my hotel key on my phone anyways (what if it gets lost/screen broken/dead battery?)
Then you stop at the front desk and pick up a physical key.