Ah — gotcha. I am not using a Marriott-connected CC so I don’t think the 6x points statement applies to me.

I have indeed been paying for each incidental (meals, drinks, sundries, …) as a separate transaction on my credit card. It hasn’t been particularly painful. I simply hand my Identity card over with my CC (or present my Identity card, when paying with Apple Pay e.g. for sundries).

Now I need to figure out how to ‘convert’ this stay from Bonvoy to Identity so that I get Identity points instead of Bonvoy ones. I made a couple phone calls and the sense I got was that this can be hit or miss. I hope I can get that done. I also have 3 upcoming stays booked via Bonvoy… I was going to leave them as-is and deal with the ‘conversion’ at checkout time. I’ll make future reservations via Identity but the good rates I got are already gone for the stays I’ve already booked.