Just a heads up so you don't wonder what is going on if this occurs (either in this ressie or a future one).... but each night of a reservation needs to booked with either Trust or Legacy points, not a combination of them. So for instance, if you have 200 Trust Points and 200 Legacy points in your account, and you try to book a room night needing 300 points, even though you have more than enough total points (400) to cover the needed ressie (300), the system will not allow you to book it because you don't have 300 Trust or 300 Legacy. Its one pain in the butt nuance to the system, so I figured I would mention it so you would be aware.
I suppose this is one benefit I didn't know I had by only having so called Legacy points, I don't need to worry about this nuance.
I had not realized this was for every night in the reservation. I had thought that you only needed the first night to come from a single bucket. Therefore, that means that someone with legacy points who needs to rent a few to finish out a reservation better rent just legacy points because the trust points (which many think have slightly more value and flexibility) often won't help much with one of the nights.
Agree. If you are not already in a situation where you have a mix of Trust and Legacy points and are renting points to combine with the points you already have, if you have Legacy points, best to rent Legacy points and if you already have Trust points, best to rent Trust points. Reservations that come from the Exchange can be secured with a mix, but it does tend to cause leftover points of one or the other, unless it just happens to work out perfectly.
I do think that the vacation advisors can "mix" points, and I've been told that Marriott is moving toward "a point is a point" without regard to legacy versus trust. I doubt that very many reservations have been lost because the mix of points didn't come out right...
