Steve, there was a discussion on Facebook re whether points that have been borrowed (then reservation cancelled) go back into the original use year, but then cannot be banned or transferred. I’m not sure, but I don’t think this is true. (The Facebook participant actually quoted the POS) that’s not true, is it?
I posted a link to the official docs in some other thread. The points to back into their original use year. In that year, they cannot then be borrowed on banked, that part is true. However, what you are left with is over a year to use those possibly restricted points (if you cancelled within 60 days), vs, just end of current year. And when your reservation is only a couple of months from year end, you likely lose them if you didn't use the borrow trick.
I have done this for many years, it is not a recent change.
Here's a document from 2017:
https://www.marriottvacationsworldw...20171031/nato/exchange_procedures_english.pdf
An excerpt:
Borrowed Exchange Points in a Program Member’s Holding Account expire at the end of the Use Year from which such Exchange Points were borrowed.
This has been discussed by me and a few others many times in the past years.
Here is a link that details when they changed it, 2015:
I haven't been able to find a clear answer for this question in the various threads or in the sticky on Destination Club Points. I borrowed points from 2016 to make a reservation in 2015 inside the 60 day window. I called Marriott to see about cancelling 1 day of the reservation (at...
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Read that post and below where fasttr posts old and new docs.