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Old Mar 30, 2019, 8:27 pm
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Originally Posted by freed0m


That’s not true. Marriott will only try to deduct the points days before stay. If there isn’t enough points, reservation is cancelled without penalty.

It’s okay for city hotels. For property such as this, huge loss of revenue.


Then what would happen at a property like StR Aspen with a 90 day cancel requirement, at least in high season? Would the reservation be automatically cancelled if there are insufficient points 90 days before arrival? Otherwise, it seems like a way to get a more generous cancellation period, which mostly benefits people without many points in their accounts, so on average not the most frequent Bonvoy guests or those paying for more expensive properties (or those buying lots of expensive room service etc. on site).
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