Trying out the perks of Marriott Rewards in NYC

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It's been a while since I wrote on my blog; I know. In that time, I’ve been to NYC, SFO, WAS, ARB (via DTW), MSP and back to CHI in the months since my last post.

What I want to write about though is an upcoming trip to New York for a family event. In particular, I wanted to talk about the hotel room that I reserved for my overnight this Saturday into Sunday.

I had just read the Points Guy’s post about the news that, as of September 23, status match, points transfer and more are now available between SPG and Marriott Rewards. So I linked my accounts and read on.

From the blog, I was inspired to see what kind of free room I could get for Saturday into Sunday night – leveraging the benefits of the merger between Starwood and Marriott. I searched on points on both and found a $662 room available for 40,000 points on Marriott. I transferred 10,000 points from SPG at a 1:3 transfer rate to add to my already existing 10,944. (My 10,000 SPG points became 30,000 Marriott points.)

With a new total of 40,944 points in my account, I reserved a room at the New York EDITION. I hope to reap the perks of now being gold in both loyalty programs, especially my beloved 4pm check out.

The hotel looks nice, eh?

Photo from www.editionhotels.com

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