What Does 10000 Marriott Points Get You?

If you are looking for a bargain stay on points Marriott has a range of category 1 hotels which cost between 5000 – 10000 Marriott points a night. Unlike Hilton’s cheapest category, you’ll also find a number (23) of hotels in Europe. So let’s take a look at what 10000 Marriott points gets you…

So where can I stay for 10000 Marriott Points?

All these locations you can find by going to Marriott’s Hotel Directory and clicking the filter button and under the Marriott Bonvoy Category selecting Category 1 and then clicking apply. If you want to you can also filter by country/continent to narrow down the results further as there are currently 277 hotels currently available for 10000 Marriott points or less a night. Below we are going to look at the 23 hotels in Europe as 277 hotels would be an awfully long list!

Category 1 Hotels are priced at 5,000 off-peak, 7,500 standard & 10,000 peak.

Europe

Hungary

Four Points by Sheraton Kecskemet

Kazakhstan

Renaissance Aktau Hotel

Montenegro

Four Points by Sheraton Kolasin

Poland

Moxy Poznan Airport

Spain

AC Hotel A Coruna
AC Hotel Algeciras
AC Hotel Badajoz
AC Hotel Elda
AC Hotel Guadalajara
AC Hotel La Linea
AC Hotel Murcia
AC Hotel Palencia
AC Hotel Ponferrada
AC Hotel Palacio de Santa Ana

Turkey

Aloft Bursa
Courtyard Istanbul West
Residence Inn Istanbul Atasehir
Four Points by Sheraton Izmir
Sheraton Grand Samsun

UK

Moxy Aberdeen Airport

If you are pushing for a higher status with Marriott Bonvoy this year it’s great to have a UK option from just 5,000 points a night. Why? Points stays counts towards status BUT they DON’T when completing a status challenge. You’d need to be local however as if you don’t show up the hotel will just check you out and you won’t receive your elite nights!

What is the value of 10000 Marriott points?

We have a slightly more generous valuation of Mar points compared to other blogs because we base our valuation on our Avios valuation. We value Avios at 1p which transfers 1:1 from American Express Membership Reward Points, Marriott points transfer 2 membership reward points to 3 Marriott points. This means we value our Marriott points at 0.66p and won’t transfer across for lower value redemptions.

If you take our valuation of 0.66p a point you are in effect paying £66 a night at 10000 Marriott points.

Is it worth buying Marriott points?

Sometimes… We briefly covered it here. But the key thing here is to compare the price you are purchasing the points at compared to the cash rate of the hotel you want to stay in.

If you buy from Marriott without a sale or special offer the price is $12.50 per 1,000 Marriott points (around £8.94.) which means you are paying roughly 0.89p a point. You can purchase them here – https://storefront.points.com/marriott/en-US/buy – occasionally Marriott runs offers on purchasing points which will decrease the cost per point.

Conclusion

Have you ever stayed in any hotels that are 10000 Marriott Points or less a night? If so, what was your favourite?