Making the rounds today is the news from Marriott Bonvoy and their upcoming changes to Suite Night Awards. The SNAs as there are better known as will see a name change, the addition of more hotel brands they can be used at and the window for confirmation upgrade requests will be shortened. All these changes will being sometime in early 2024.
Nightly Upgrade Award
The Suite Night Award (SNA) will see a name change to Nightly Upgrade Awards (NUA) when these changes take place in 2024. The new name is better suited to describe the award as not all upgrades are to a Suite but can be for preferred rooms which will expanded the upgrade room inventory by nearly 20%
More hotels to use the awards at
Beginning early in 2024 the NUAs can be used at Aloft, EDITION, Element, Protea Hotels, and The Ritz-Carlton in addition to all the hotel brands that you can currently use SNAs at. The following are exceptions for NUAs:
Nightly Upgrade Awards will not be redeemable at the following Brands/brand extensions: All-Inclusive Resorts, Bulgari, Design Hotels™, Homes & Villas by Marriott Bonvoy®, Marriott Executive Apartments®, Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club®, The Ritz-Carlton Club®, Ritz-Carlton Reserve®, The Ritz-Carlton Residences, The Ritz-Carlton Yacht Collection, Sheraton Vacation Club, The Phoenician Residences, a Luxury Collection Residence Club, Scottsdale, and Westin Vacation Club.
Shorter Confirmation Window
The current 5 day before arrival confirmation window for SNAs will be shortened to 3 days when these new changes take place.
Wrapping it up
Both good and not so good news in regards to Suite Night Award changes coming to Marriott Bonvoy. The good news is having more hotel brands and room options to use the awards at, the not so good is the shortened confirmation window. Three days prior to arrival almost seems to have been done on purpose to discourage members trying to shift or cancel stays to another location where they may have better luck getting the upgrade – well, at least for those locations that have 72 hour cancellation rules.