That was obviously a mistake, but I had to see for myself.

The Edit all-in price is $4,974.
The Marriott Flexible Member Rate all-in is $4,731.

Booking via The Edit at $4,974 minus the $250 statement credit equals $4,724 ($7 cheaper than booking direct). It also includes breakfast for two each day, a $100 resort credit, WiFi, and the possibility of early check-in and late check-out. Additionally, you earn 8� Ultimate Rewards points on the $4,724 spend (37,792 UR points), worth a minimum of $377 but at least $754 for anyone who knows how to redeem them effectively.

Even if you no longer have the Edit credit available, the extra $243 it costs to book through Chase is well worth it for those without at least Platinum status, because you still get breakfast for two daily over 11 days plus the $100 resort credit. You would also earn 8� UR points on the full $4,974 (39,792 UR points), worth a minimum of $397 but at least $794 for those who know how to redeem them effectively.

One other fun fact: in the time it took me to write this, my Marriott session timed out. When I logged back in, the Member Flexible Rate had risen to $4,807, while The Edit price stayed the same.

LOL

I just looked again, and it's still saying $142,132 on my page. It doesn't make sense that it would drop down. The price for the Ritz is only 22% different.

That's very strange. I just opened a new browser and tried again, and I got the same result as before: The Edit at $4,974. I did notice you searched BKK - All Airports while I searched Bangkok (and vicinity), but I tried both and came up with the same result.

Maybe you should delete your Chase cookies and try again.

I also just checked the pricing for the Ritz-Carlton: The Edit all-in price is $5,938, while the Marriott Member Flexible Rate is $5,647, a difference of $291, or roughly 5%.

I think something is wrong with your account. Because I have nothing to do, I also checked and saw the $391/night rate exactly the same as AndWhatsYourPoint .

Or maybe you have a LOT of points in your account and Chase Travel decided you are a whale and charge you more!

Apologies if addressed elsewhere as I don’t spend time in these forums normally. But just ran across a very distasteful experience with booking an Edit hotel room.

I have a new Reserve card. When look up the rate for a particular Edit hotel in the Chase travel portal, I get rate $A. Spouse has a Preferred card. When he looks up the same hotel in his Chase travel portal, he gets a rate about $200 lower than my rate (for a two night stay). So, I have to pay $200 more to get the $250 credit back.

I thought this was a fluke. But then I just checked for another upcoming trip in January and the same thing happens for an Edit room. This time around $60 more expensive to book through the Reserve portal rate vs the Preferred portal rate.

I assure you, same room, all fees and taxes included, same cancelation terms. And it’s not like I’m comparing it to Priceline or something. This is Chase vs. Chase.

Anyone else seeing this happen? This seems like a total bait & switch on Chase’s part.

Except pvrMM3 is LTT...
$4724*8 UR = 37,792 UR
$4731*23.5 MR (17.5 Titanium + 6 CC) = 111,178 MR

Which is maybe a wash unless you get lucky and the hotel credits points to you (it says Marriott Eligible but there are DP of 0 EQN/points on Edit bookings)

I can assure you, you are not comparing the same rates, since Edit isn�t available for Sapphire Preferred.

The Edit rate gives you daily breakfast, $100 credit, and room upgrade. You don�t get that booking with Preferred.

Then that�s the point. They are upcharging you to gain the benefits that any normal person would assume is the whole point of the $800 annual fee. Feels very disingenuous to me as a business practice if that�s what�s going on.

They don't promise the lowest price. They are offering you something you otherwise may not be able to get. Most people can't just book the cheapest priced room and get a room upgrade.

Rates that offer something similar (such as Virtuoso) are usually similarly priced.

Virtuoso (and similar) and FHR make you book a flexible rate which is often higher than the prepaid/lowest rate. But they sometimes have "Stay 4 Buy 3" promos or similar which reduce the price. From what I have heard, the Edit does not have these deals.

So then they should offer me a �standard� rate and an �Edit� rate as options. This is disguising the standard rate with a significant upcharge. As a �Reserve� member, I don�t even have the option to decide maybe that $200 less is of more value than the $100 credit, breakfast and upgrade.

I�m assuming my $800 AF is getting me these benefits, when in reality it is a significant upcharge. That is not above board IMHO.

Inasmuch as upgrades are not guaranteed, I wouldn't assign much value to that feature when deciding if these programs provide reliable value.

LOL, but that is true, I have way too many....

I was in Colorado earlier today, now I am in Minneapolis, and checking it again, now the price $485/night. So whatever it was is gone now.