What is a Marriott Flex?
Dec 23, 2024 | 4:50 pm
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What is a Marriott Flex?
Dec 23, 2024 | 5:05 pm
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The Four Point Flex hotels are economic options with the brand. You can earn EQN, but you its an earning ratio of 2 nights = 1 EQN.
https://www.marriott.com/marriott-br...points-flex.mi
Not worth it in my opinion, but if you're in a tight crunch to earn EQN and need cheaper stays, the FLEX hotels could be an option.
London also has a Four Point Flex.
https://www.marriott.com/marriott-br...points-flex.mi
Not worth it in my opinion, but if you're in a tight crunch to earn EQN and need cheaper stays, the FLEX hotels could be an option.
London also has a Four Point Flex.
Dec 23, 2024 | 11:44 pm
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There are two Four Points Flex in London.
Until two days ago one or both of them had inconsistent namings. Sometimes they were also showing as Four Points Express. I checked that again and they are now consistently named within the app.
Until two days ago one or both of them had inconsistent namings. Sometimes they were also showing as Four Points Express. I checked that again and they are now consistently named within the app.
Dec 24, 2024 | 7:18 am
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Four Points Flex is growing quite rapidly in Japan. They acquired a local business hotel chain with 18 properties that is being reflagged. 1 in Kyoto, 1 in Yokohama, a couple in Tokyo. So far.
Japanese business hotel a very functional but pretty basic, usually in the 8,000 to 15,000 jpy per night range. The thing they do have going for them is the price and quite often location.
Japanese business hotel a very functional but pretty basic, usually in the 8,000 to 15,000 jpy per night range. The thing they do have going for them is the price and quite often location.
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Dec 24, 2024 | 8:38 am
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Good answers, above. I thought this was going to be one of those cases where a building hosts two Marriott properties with different brands, and if one is full, they can sell rooms in the other half under their name. We've been to a few of these where the hallways from one property continue into the other property and thought it might be possible
Dec 25, 2024 | 3:44 pm
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Yes, for some reason Marriott decided to change the launch name of Four Points Express shortly after to Four Points Flex. Not sure if it was to avoid confusion with CityExpress, or if IHG threatened a trademark complaint (which I believe they actually did do after Marriott acquired CityExpress).
Dec 25, 2024 | 3:48 pm
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There is a discussion of the properties in the Japan forum
Four Points Flex by Sheraton
Four Points Flex by Sheraton
Feb 3, 2026 | 1:06 am
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Did a total of 3 one-night stays at the Four Points Flex Osaka Kitahama (twice) and the Four Points Flex Kyoto Oike (once) over the past week or so. Rates varied from 5000-8500 yen incl tax.
The rooms are tiny, but that's pretty much on-brand for this type of hotel (both advertised as 13 square metres, which is around 140 sq feet), however despite not having much free space the rooms were functional, at least for one person. Osaka Kitahama did have an odd setup with the bathroom in that it was a step up into it - seemingly the plumbing was above the floor level of the room.
Booked a single room, but in all cases was upgraded to a double - despite upgrades technically not being a status benefit. In Kyoto I did try to check-in around 1pm and was told the same thing as the couple trying to check-in next to me - that check-in time was 3pm. It wasn't until I mentioned the word "Titanium" that their attitude changed and I was immediately given a room.
Neither of the properties I stayed at offered breakfast as an amenity, and the only choice was 500 points. To their credit this was stated on the booking page for both hotels. Other than that, no status benefits.
All stays credited properly. Historically these earnt 1 night for each 2 nights stayed, and this is still stated at multiple places on the website, but apparently this changed a month or two and now it's actually 0.5 nights per night - and this is how mine posted. After the first stay posted the elite nights didn't change. After the 2nd stay posted, it went up by one. So seemingly whilst the website can't display the half-night, that is how it's being accounted.
Bathroom - note the ~10" step-up to get into it.
The rooms are tiny, but that's pretty much on-brand for this type of hotel (both advertised as 13 square metres, which is around 140 sq feet), however despite not having much free space the rooms were functional, at least for one person. Osaka Kitahama did have an odd setup with the bathroom in that it was a step up into it - seemingly the plumbing was above the floor level of the room.
Booked a single room, but in all cases was upgraded to a double - despite upgrades technically not being a status benefit. In Kyoto I did try to check-in around 1pm and was told the same thing as the couple trying to check-in next to me - that check-in time was 3pm. It wasn't until I mentioned the word "Titanium" that their attitude changed and I was immediately given a room.
Neither of the properties I stayed at offered breakfast as an amenity, and the only choice was 500 points. To their credit this was stated on the booking page for both hotels. Other than that, no status benefits.
All stays credited properly. Historically these earnt 1 night for each 2 nights stayed, and this is still stated at multiple places on the website, but apparently this changed a month or two and now it's actually 0.5 nights per night - and this is how mine posted. After the first stay posted the elite nights didn't change. After the 2nd stay posted, it went up by one. So seemingly whilst the website can't display the half-night, that is how it's being accounted.
Bathroom - note the ~10" step-up to get into it.