Originally Posted by
theplayer
I don't really agree with saving your points for better redemption rates. We travel mostly off season and would rather use our points than have to pay cash. Acquire points and use them, wash and repeat.
If this is how you want to use your points you are probably better off with a program where the points map directly to the underlying cash rate (fewer points needed when rates are lower). An example would be Accor's program. To get reasonable value from Marriott you do need to shop around a bit to find better values.