I've earned enough points to complete "payment" for one of my points advance reservations. I called customer service tonight to have them apply the points *and* adjust the rate to the 87,500 points that I reserved the room at -- it adjusted to a 95,000 points rate after the peak/off peak changes.
It was quite a long call, with me on silent hold for about 15 minutes. At the end the agent stated that she took care of the reservation - after having to speak to a manager.
I logged into my account about an hour later, and the reservation is still not paid for, but I have received 7,500 points in my account for "Pre Existing Res Adjust For Peak"
Overall, this is ok - I'll just apply the points to the higher rate reservation, but the entire transaction was not completed as I expected by contacting customer service by phone.
Thanks for posting this, nascargene. I have been working on a new Reward Points redemption vacation which includes PointSaver dates that revert to Peak/Off-Peak rates with the 5 night redemption. Your comments confirm my concern that a call to Marriott Reservations for help on booking this will not go well - just too early for Marriott staff since the rates have changed. Will look at VRBO or AirB&B for have availability. C