platamama
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Mar 6, 2009
The SPG/Marriott merger thing is confusing me about points. Silly question, I guess, but are the 125K SPG points that we could get by opening a LUX card actually 125K or do they get converted into a lesser amount of Marriott points? Can they be used at any Starriot hotel, or is this thing still complicated?
They can be used at any Starriott hotel, but there are nuances in how you can use them. One example: if you login from the Marriott side, you can use points to book rooms even if you don't have enough points in your account yet. If you login from the SPG side, you can use points to book rooms but you HAVE TO have enough points in your account.
ETA: If it's a SPG legacy property, you still can't book an awards night (even if logging in from the Marriott side) unless you have enough points. I just tried it.