Marriott points becoming so worthless. A few years ago, most places in Europe are about 25-50k points per night. Now it seems like most places start at 50k+ per night.

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Yep. And premium status isn’t that much sweeter, in US properties. Breakfast options and lounges are meh - specifically those powdered scrambled eggs. If the price isnt much, i now stay at Hyatt properties, or highly rated boutique hotels.

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Those powdered eggs are the worst!

I don't really disagree, but if you consider that points are awarded based on spend, when prices go up so do your point earnings. In a way it makes sense that awards now cost more points.

The downside is that points you hold in your account get devalued.

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Sure, but similar to inflation vs wages, the rate of outbound points is going up faster than the earning rate of inbound points. 60k —> 120k to book higher categories and I haven’t been paying 2x the nightly rate from a few years ago. And it’s not just the luxury collection ones: I dropped 50k per night for a courtyard Marriott for a wedding recently.

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I mean in 2018 the highest of the high was capped at 60k… now some of those places are 120k

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This is a sad but unequivocally true trend.

Don’t forget people…Inflation is coming for your points as well!

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That's why I always try to use them as fast as possible. No reason to accumulate them due to depreciation

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