Originally Posted by
Keyser
i don't think so....unless you have a source to verify this information....all the reports i have read online seem to suggest that the dates will be recalculated once a month so there is no guarantee that people will be booking only at peak rates....
once again, this is just speculation....just because its a peak travel month in a particular city, it doesn't mean that all hotels will be sold out or be anywhere near sold out....a good example is a city like nyc....my your24 requests for late check-outs always get denied here & the reason given is that the hotel is running on high occupancy....i finally brought this issue up with a manager at a nyc property earlier this year....my request for a 6pm or 7pm check-out was denied citing high occupancy but rates were extremely low (around $100) & the hotel did not seem to be anywhere near full....the manager told me that they had plenty of empty rooms but they didn't approve late check-out requests because their housekeeping staff leaves at 5pm....
so the hotel cited high occupancy but that was not the case....i'm hoping that its a central system that decides peak & non-peak dates because if its left to individual properties then the hotel can project itself as peak even when occupancy is low....if the dates are indeed going to be recalculated every month then there is a high chance that some properties in a particular area will be more busy than others....so its not necessary that all will have peak rates....
as someone who has never used points advance & probably never will, i still disagree with that statement....people like you & me have a healthy points balance so we are never concerned about running short of points for any stay....but a great number of members work for months or throughout the year to accumulate enough points for a vacation....its unfair to not give them the same opportunity....what matters at the end of the day is that they have enough points at the time of their stay....if they can't get there in time then in any case their reservation will be cancelled....
i have a junior lawyer in my firm who has been part of my team for the last 3 years....i ensure that all those who travel with me for work are signed up for various frequent flyer programs so that they can start earning miles & points....when this particular lawyer started traveling for work she started to get the hang of collecting points....because of this she keeps coming back to me for advise on how to best manage her points so that her husband & her can take an annual vacation in june every year....i've been giving her advice for the last 3 years & she starts saving her points every year in june of the current year so that she can afford the next vacation in june the following year....how unfair would it be for her to have saved for 11 months, only to find out that in the last month the points have been recalculated & she now requires more????
not everyone is looking to game the system....the majority of those booking points advance are actually genuinely looking to stay at the hotel....rather than increase the points on them, limit points advance reservations to one or two at a time....not everyone is earning thousands of points by having multiple rooms/events paid by other people or through credit card spends....most people rely on their own single room stays & promos to build a points balance over a period of time....let them have the same opportunity that we have....
i genuinely want to stay at the most expensive hotel in Marriott portfolios, but I don’t have enough money for it. Could Marriott please let me stay?
Mr. Lawyer, I genuinely don’t have enough money to hire you. Could you please help me anyway?