Originally Posted by
yorkboy24
You have to cancel the award, (re)book the cash stay, put in the BRG claim, get approved, then add the award / cash + points part after it’s approved. I can’t see any other way of doing it.
I've actually used a points reservation combined with a cash reservation to my advantage. I pointed out in the BRG notes that I understand they would have to take my points reservation into account when approving the BRG. In my case, the reward nights drove up the price of the overall reservation. LOL. Gotcha Marriott!