- Operator
- Marriott International ↗
- Headquarters
- United States
- Program currency
- Marriott Bonvoy points ↗
- Launched
- February 2019 (unified Marriott Rewards, SPG, and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards) ↗
- Earning model
- Spend-based points on stays and co-brand cards; dynamic award pricing with no fixed chart
- Footprint
- Multi-brand global portfolio, luxury to select-service
Marriott Bonvoy launched in February 2019 as the successor to three legacy programs, Marriott Rewards, Starwood Preferred Guest, and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards, folding them into one currency and one rules set. Members earn Marriott Bonvoy points on stays across the portfolio and on a wide co-brand card lineup, then redeem for room nights. Marriott has moved away from a fixed award chart toward dynamic pricing, so a night costs what demand dictates rather than a published category rate. The tier ladder runs Silver Elite through Titanium and Ambassador Elite.
The defining structural feature is scale under a single currency: one of the largest hotel portfolios in the world settling on one points balance. That scale is also the risk. When Marriott merged SPG into Bonvoy, the migration reset award values and elite benefits, and the loudest member complaints came from perceived devaluation. The lesson for an enterprise operator is that consolidating multiple legacy programs onto one engine is less a technical exercise than a trust exercise. Preserve visible member value through the cutover, or the efficiency gains are spent repairing sentiment.
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