Book now – Marriott Bonvoy announces which hotels are going up in points price on 4th March

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• N says:

  5 Feb5 February 16:54

  Nooo not the Langley!

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 Feb5 February 16:59

    it’s not so bad going to a Cat 6.

    It’s worth keeping an eye on cash packages too especially for 1 night stays, or make your own Cash+points stay.

    Can often get a room for £395 (fully refundable) with full breakfast for 2, £80 credit and a bottle of champagne plus 5-6% back from popular CB sites and 8% back in point, plus any promos..Seems to be hit or miss if it shows on app but always on website.

  • AndyW says:

    6 Feb6 February 06:08

    Presumably a points stay at the Langley gets you full access to the spa? Anyone happen to know before I contact the hotel if you can use the spa before checkin time on arrival day?

    • TGLoyalty says:

      6 Feb6 February 08:37

      I’ve always had full access.

• Colin MacKinnon says:

  5 Feb5 February 16:58

  Yes, Starwood had some great deals.

  But Marriott irrelevant now that the Amex is being gutted – already cancelled my card.

  • Harry T says:

    5 Feb5 February 17:22

    @Colin
    Where will your stays be going instead?

    • Freddy says:

      5 Feb5 February 18:21

      I’ve moved my spend from the Marriott card to BAPP card due to the better earn rate. I’ll just pay cash for hotels in future

    • Colin MacKinnon says:

      5 Feb5 February 22:03

      IHG – which, to be frank – gets most of my short visit stays with Holiday Inn (Although off to Paris for three days to the Hotel Indigo just around the corner from Rob’s Intercontinental! We really like the Indigo there)

      Just back from a week in Africa (Tanzania and South Africa) and apart from the Holiday Inn in Dar Es Salaam for three separate nights in between flights – good hotel for a night, and they kept luggage for us and did laundry between our stays) and a crap Marriott (4* and had open corridors and tiled hallway floors like a cheap US motel!) in Knysna in SA, we stayed in various hotels.com boutique hotels and vineyard estates.

      In Fort Collins in Colorado, the Marriott is very poor compared to the IHG equivalents (we have family there, so stay a few weeks a year). One year the room didn’t even have a small fridge!! Have to say, in Fort Collins, The Elizabeth in Marriott’s Autograph collection is very nice (but in town centre so parking is another $20 a day!)

      So £99 IHG each for a Euro 330 per night room in Paris after spending 10k is a great deal – and a hotel we would and have paid cash for.

      Virgin gets the rest of my business.

      I am on a two-year gap for Amex. Although I have taken the Amex Plat Business for a few months for the points and insurance.

• Robert Hutchison says:

  5 Feb5 February 16:59

  Stayed at The Langley over New Year on points on HFP recommendation. Everything excellent particularly the staff, upgraded at check-in without asking. Breakfast is still way expensive at £36+ pp so the cafe in Langley Park got our hot breakfast vote at £6.99 all in. A snip at 30,000 pts.

  • Anna says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:07

    Good to hear – I’ve got a 2 night stay over the late May bank holiday weekend which I locked in for 65,000 points while rates were being adjusted for peak pricing. At that time of year it should be quite a pleasant walk to the café for breakfast!

  • babyg says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:09

    you don’t have to pay for an entire buffet… breakfast can be bought for a reasonable price at the Langley if you go a la carte….

    • BJ says:

      5 Feb5 February 18:55

      And better too unless they just pick it off the buffet.

    • Peter K says:

      5 Feb5 February 22:13

      Depends on what you call a reasonable price…

      I did like the hotel and wouldn’t mind staying there again, but after 5 nights last December I’m not rushing to go back again this year.

    • Mike says:

      6 Feb6 February 07:18

      Is this the cafe http://langleyparktearooms.co.uk/ – is this recommended for breakfast over the Langley hotel

      • Rob says:

        6 Feb6 February 07:52

        Yes

    • Nick M says:

      6 Feb6 February 13:28

      £15 for a bowl of granola? And £15 for a small (burnt) pain au raisin & pain au chocolat?

      Paid for the granola (admittedly it was very nice) and had the pastries removed….

• Russ says:

  5 Feb5 February 17:52

  As suspected Abu Dhabi is going up across the board. Nice to see Sheraton Kuwait dropping a category.

• Bill says:

  5 Feb5 February 18:06

  Im on a mobile, so maybe it’s a browser issues but Alicante seems to be omitted from the list

  • Bill says:

    5 Feb5 February 18:07

    If it’s omitted, does that mean no change?

• Anna says:

  5 Feb5 February 18:13

  They are slowly moving all the Grand Cayman properties (Marriott, Westin and Ritz-Carlton) into the highest band. Marriott going from 6 to 7 even though it’s a pretty ordinary 4 star hotel with no beach as it has been washed away by winter storms over the past few years. The Cayman government keep scratching their heads about why tourists prefer all-inclusive resorts on other islands!

• BJ says:

  5 Feb5 February 18:29

  Not bad at all given such changes usually make us groan. Had to laugh at Moxy Aberdeen Airport but here’s the thing about it. It is close to the new The Events Centre Aberdeen (TECA) and the bus to/from airport goes there in under 5 minutes. Thus, anybody attending an event at TECA should consider a reward night at Moxy (or indeed CP or HIX Aberdeen Airport) as cash rates at the Hilton TECA or Aloft, which are both on site, can be around £200 on event nights. While on the subject, the new full service Hilton TECA is a bit of a disappoitment IMO, it’s bland and uninspiring. Unless one wants to be at TECA, near the airport, or make use of the pool and spa, DT City Centre remains a much better hotel. This is esoecially true with respect to Diamond recognition, executive rooms, breakfast, ambiance and locatiion.

  • Andy_H says:

    6 Feb6 February 10:02

    Thanks BJ, good suggestion about the airport hotels.
    We stayed at the Aloft when at a “do” at the TECA in December. Must have been a good’un as I don’t actually remember stumbling the few steps out the door of the TECA and into the Aloft, so it’s unlikely that we would have navigated our way “all the way” to the Airport hotels in that condition….but if doing something with less free booze next time, heading 5 mins away would save a few points.
    That said, we thought the Aloft was pretty good for what we needed it for.

    • BJ says:

      6 Feb6 February 15:47

      If staggering you could make it all the way on foot and probably wouldn’t feel the cold. Hilton has direct access to TECA but for whatever reason it was not available. One plus is that the car parks adjacent to Aloft and Hilton were almost ready to open last week so no need to park underground shortly. Did Aloft charge for parking? Hilton wanted £10. I told them I wouldn’t be back if it appeared on my bill…it didn’t. CP and HIX charge £5 but those never appear on my bill either 🙂 At Hampton I hear that you get fined, even if you pay!

• Dave says:

  5 Feb5 February 19:34

  If I have a points reservation, but as yet don’t have the points to ‘confirm’, will I be required to pay the higher rate, or will it stay at the booked level? Thanks

  • BJ says:

    5 Feb5 February 19:38

    The rate at time of settlent, which could be higherer or lower than at tge time of points advance reservation.

  • Freddy says:

    5 Feb5 February 19:39

    I’d say it would increase as it isn’t a ‘confirmed’ booking

    • BJ says:

      5 Feb5 February 19:47

      If prices go down then you can pay less than expected too.

  • TGLoyalty says:

    5 Feb5 February 19:42

    The rate is no longer confirmed until you apply the points.

  • Mr. AC says:

    6 Feb6 February 07:44

    If you don’t have the points at the time of the booking, you need to call Marriott as soon as you have them to “lock in” the price. Otherwise it might continue changing right up to check in date.

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