Originally Posted by sophiegirl

Socrates, could not agree with you more - see it all the time, but this time, the the system DID NOT tell me, so I can't see how plat was invoked. Secondly, the agent was telling me that I could not add the additional night to my stay because because plat was invoked for the other nights- which makes no sense...invoking plat means 1 room per night; not 1 reservation at some other point in time!

AND as far as
"holtju2 - I cannot disagree more with sophiegirl awards are not free. The hotels always pay a percentage of the room revenue for Marriott Rewards when a member stays at the property. Marriott Rewards banks the money and uses it to buy "rooms" as awards."

You are also correct - but the rooms are free to ME, which ws the point that was under discussion.