Originally Posted by
leadhead
After mulling this myself, I just cleaned out my Bonvoy account with a speculative transfer to ANA. With the upcoming devaluation I couldn't figure any way I'd be able to come even close in value redeeming my points for hotel stays compared to partner business class redemptions or if I'm lucky business class on ANA metal when Japan opens back up. As a DP my transfer showed up today after 4 days, Thursday-Monday.
Maybe I missed some Marriott annoucement, but why did you need to clean out your Bonvoy account instead of just leaving them parked until you needed to transfer them? Just because the award chart goes away doesn't mean the airline points transfer would be any different.