Originally Posted by
Kacee
I don't think that particular scenario is correct, but you should assume that desirable properties in expensive places (NY, London, Tokyo, etc.) will be peak most of the year. That's kind of the whole point of this change, to more closely align price in points with price in dollars, i.e., minimize high value redemptions.
The scenario I believe is indeed correct from what I have been told by Marriott. The rule that the majority of time standard redemptions apply is applied accross the entire portfolio of Marriott and as such it is quite possible / likely that some properties will always be peak priced, essentially giving us a Cat 9.
I have heard that actually Marriott consider it to be accross standard redemption rooms in the entire company that they wording of mainly standard redemptions will still be the norm which would mean the higher end (generally less standard rooms) would very easily be able to be Peak the entire time but I havent had this verified unlike the above.
Personally I feel it would have been much fairer to make a hotel offset any Peak days with Off Peak days to ensure overall a balance but that would clearly not have made the hotels very happy whereas this way we instantly get a devaluation just over 12 months after Bonvoy launched and they can claim that it was always announced, which to a degree is fair, just not the inner workings of it and how they do not hold any hotel to account by itself!