I was attempting to update my 5 consecutive night stay at the St. Regis Bora-Bora yesterday. I used the flexible search to locate single days that are available. I found 5 nights in a row at the following prices:
4th - 114K points
5th - 126K points
6th - 89.6K points
7th - 104K points
8th - 104K points
Based on the above, the 5 night rate should be 448K points. However, when you put it together as 5 straight nights, it tallied as 492K points essentially collecting an additional 44k points. I'm not sure if this is a bug or not but it seems a bit unethical for Marriott to collect more for a 5 night stay than if booking the nights separately while touting 5th night free. They are basically raising the price so you don't get a full 5th night free. I still made the update to the reservation
but I am wondering if anyone else has experienced this? Is it just in Bora Bora or are there other examples?