After years of saving points, I finally booked our dream honeymoon (5 nights at each, 1.3 million points)
I’ve been a Marriott member for 7 years and have saved pretty much every point since then (aside from some certificate redemptions that required a few 1000 extra). I’ve been with my fiancée for a few years now and for a long time we thought a trip to the Maldives would be the spot to go. I wanted to do something special but with the added satisfaction of using points / miles. Despite the devaluations, I finally had enough points saved up and, after a few weeks of checking, yesterday saw that the St Regis redemption rate had dropped to where I could grab both reservations.
The trip won’t be for a bit but the total ended up being 706k for the Ritz (+$2174 in transfer costs and fees) and 596k for the St Regis (+$1860 in transfer costs and fees). Not bad for what it could have been!
I’ve been a Marriott member for 7 years and have saved pretty much every point since then (aside from some certificate redemptions that required a few 1000 extra). I’ve been with my fiancée for a few years now and for a long time we thought a trip to the Maldives would be the spot to go. I wanted to do something special but with the added satisfaction of using points / miles. Despite the devaluations, I finally had enough points saved up and, after a few weeks of checking, yesterday saw that the St Regis redemption rate had dropped to where I could grab both reservations.
The trip won’t be for a bit but the total ended up being 706k for the Ritz (+$2174 in transfer costs and fees) and 596k for the St Regis (+$1860 in transfer costs and fees). Not bad for what it could have been!