Originally Posted by
TravelinSperry
oh, I see. So one gets breakfast and a $100 credit. And everything else one would normally get a Titanium. So during this promo it would make absolutely no sense to book direct instead of booking EDITION via this Stars program it seems. Is the stars program free to use?
Whenever you can get a STARS, FHR or Virtuoso rate it will almost always be better than booking direct - unless you don’t intend to use any F&B and just want the absolute cheapest rate. The benefits of these rates are also generally more adhered to by Marriott hotels than the Marriott Bonvoy programme which is basically a coin toss nowadays.