Oh, my gosh. I hope someone will take pity on me and help me figure this out. I’ve redeemed URs for flights before, but never for hotels.
First, with chase and Marriott, can I use my points to book a hotel for someone else? (Daughter. Same last name.) if not, I guess I can go check in and give them the key.
So, here’s the situation. Looking to book a hotel December 24 for my daughter and her boyfriend. There’s a category 3 Courtyard in the next town over about 10minutes away. I have a free night certificate I can use, or it’s 17500 Marriott points. Cash price through AAA would be $125. Or, I can book using 8600 UR points. Which would you do?
My fear is not being able to use my free night certificate elsewhere next year. Category 4s will be either 20000 or 30000, I think, and I’m pretty sure the certificate is for 25000 points or less. We had been hoping to use the certificate for a category 4 in lower Manhattan sometime in the coming year, but I don’t know when peak/vs nonpeak will be. I suppose we will end up going several times in the next year, though, so we might hit off peak.
And here’s another monkey wrench. There’s a Comfort Inn in our town that’s a little more basic for only 5940 URs; cash price $89. I’m leaning more towards the Courtyard, though. So, Marriott points, Marriott certificate, or URs?
Oh, and my Marriott points posted from the game. I remember winning 500 and 1000 once, but don’t remember winning 2000. I saved all my winning emails, so I can check later, but yay!