How to monitor Marriott Bonvoy Moments auctions and maximise your chances!

This article is sponsored by Marriott Bonvoy

A few weeks ago we explored the Marriott Bonvoy Moments auction platform. In this article we wanted to take a look at how you can stay on top of new listings and never miss an auction closing date.

With so many Marriott Bonvoy Moments available, we also wanted to look at a few team favourites, past and present, to show the breadth of what’s available.

Using ‘My Favourites’ on the Moments website

If a particular event catches your eye, once you have logged into your Marriott Bonvoy account, you can click the heart icon on the event listing. It will be added to the ‘My Favourites’ section on the Marriott Bonvoy Moments site.

If you bookmark the dedicated ‘My Favourites’ page, you’ll have a shortcut straight to the events you’re monitoring – there is no need to sift through the full list of live auctions each time.

Set SeatSpy alerts for new events

Most readers know SeatSpy as a tool for finding flight reward availability, but it’s also surprisingly effective for Marriott Bonvoy Moments.

The ‘Events’ tab on SeatSpy highlights which auctions are still open, and you can create tailored alerts to be notified when new experiences are listed. This can be narrowed down to specific artists, venues or keywords. Filtering is also available by programme, location or date range.

It is most effective when a ‘Buy It Now’ offer is launched, allowing you to grab tickets before word gets out – and before HfP is able to write about it!

Currently this feature is reserved for SeatSpy First Class subscribers only.

What are the HfP team favourites?

Marriott Bonvoy Moments has offered some really impressive experiences in the past and there’s plenty upcoming too.

To give you a sense of what’s available, the Head for Points team has highlighted a few stand-out Moments: some we’ve already had the chance to experience first-hand, and others we’d love to bid on in the future.

Rhys

Back in 2023 I attended one of the Elton John Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour concerts in the Marriott Bonvoy box at The O2, available with Marriott Bonvoy Moments. It was an enjoyable night seeing the legend that is Elton John together with other HfP readers. The box has a great view and I enjoyed the food and drink on offer too.

Given my travel plans, I’m keeping my eye out for shows at Marriott Bonvoy’s other partner arenas in EMEA, particularly (for me) the Uber Arena in Berlin and also looking at the new partnership with The Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi which has lots of events available right now.

Sinead

Marriott currently has a number of NFL (American Football) games available in Dublin and London to bid for via Marriott Bonvoy Moments. I’ve been to a London NFL game in the past and whilst it’s not a patch on rugby in my opinion (So. Many. Breaks.) I had a brilliant time.

So I’ve an eye on some of the October London games as they are nicely near my sports-crazy husband’s birthday. These packages currently have bids of just 50,000 points for two tickets.

Katie

I’m very tempted by the Art Immersion + A Sacred-Site Lunch + a 2-Night Stay at Minos Beach Art Hotel in Crete. The draw is both the location – including the sculpture garden as well as the beach, and the fact that I will definitely never do anything like the art experience included (a workshop with visual artist Stratis Tavlaridis) again.

I would love to sail to a ‘chef curated lunch’ at the Church of Saint Phocas. All this is a million miles away from my daily life and would be something very memorable. This is still available as a Moment for two in October. Bids start at 100,000 Marriott Bonvoy points.  

Rob

The Marriott Bonvoy Gourmet Odyssey last November was great value at 30,000 points for a couple – so much so that we are booked on another one tomorrow!

Starting with a champagne reception at W Leicester Square, we separated into three groups and visited (in different orders) three restaurants in Mayfair and St James – Langan’s, Scully and Franco’s, eating two courses with paired wines in each.

It was a good mix of a place I’d wanted to go but never got around to (Langan’s), a place I’d never heard of but which turned out to be excellent (Scully, with the man himself present for a chat) and Franco’s, a place I have passed many times but never entered.

It was a great way to spend five hours on a Saturday, and meet some fellow Marriott Bonvoy members (and HfP readers) to boot.  I’m looking forward to our tour of Kings Cross on Saturday!

If this sounds interesting to you, take a look at the Gourmet Odyssey available to bid for now in Bordeaux with a hotel stay included.

Conclusion

Marriott Bonvoy Moments continues to offer an impressive variety of experiences, from intimate cultural events to major sporting occasions.

If you are lucky, and super speedy, then you could even win a ‘1-Point-Drop’ (literally an auction for an amazing experience for 1 point). The countdown is currently on for the next 1-Point-Drop in the UK which you can see here, featuring Anton du Beke!

With new events added regularly, it’s worth keeping an eye on what’s available – you may find an experience at a price that offers very good value for your points.