{"id":91964,"date":"2024-04-22T13:00:05","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/how-to-find-hotel-award-availability-use-these-tricks-during-your-search-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-22T13:00:05","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:00:05","slug":"how-to-find-hotel-award-availability-use-these-tricks-during-your-search-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/22\/how-to-find-hotel-award-availability-use-these-tricks-during-your-search-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"How to find hotel award availability: Use these tricks during your search – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Whether malicious, incompetent or just plain inconsiderate, virtually all hotel websites make reserving an award stay harder than it needs to be. Some have hidden points calendars, while others refuse to show full award availability. Some are simply glitchy.<\/p>\n

Let’s take a look at ways to combat these quirks with each major hotel chain<\/a> to make the booking process easier.<\/p>\n

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Find Marriott Bonvoy award availability<\/h2>\n

Marriott’s<\/a> website falls firmly under the category of “glitchy.” Often, a hotel may look completely sold out \u2014 even when awards are wide open. We’ve identified one cause of this phenomenon: For some reason, signing into your Marriott account adversely affects the amount of award space you can see on the Marriott website. This isn’t always the case, but it happens often enough that it’s worth a mention.<\/p>\n

For example, here’s the award calendar for Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa<\/a>, Dubai, before signing into my account.<\/p>\n

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