Originally Posted by
80proofGalleyCart
But you are correct. At most properties, whatever award price increase that occurred "overnight" is at most incremental. Haven't seen any "lows" completely vanish except maybe Ritz-Carlton Kyoto's 92k and under rates. I'm sure you can still get it for 98k and probably do better if you wait it out and see... it is, after all Q1 '25.
Ok, someone mentioned RC Tokyo, that does seem to have inched up across the board. Tant pis. I'd rather try Mesm next time I'm in Tokyo anyway.
Trying to deduce a system-wide trend here seems an exercise in guesswork and speculation so property-specific, it seems the threads of those hotels that have shot up drastically would be more appropriate avenues for such a discussion.
I’m seeing about a 7-10% increase across the board. I have been tracking MESM for an upcoming redemption. Stupid me for not just booking while finalizing my decision on where to stay but it’s up about 7%. The hotel we are staying at in Sicily next fall is up 10% (I literally just canceled it because it had gone down in price and then traveled for work and forgot to rebook it).
So just between those two the 21k I earned last week for my most recent Marriott stay is going to end up just covering the increase which is frustrating