MGM Resorts and Marriott partnership: Book Vegas rooms starting at 5,000 Marriott points

24.02.2024 - 16:53 / thepointsguy.com

With MGM Resorts' big move from its multiyear partnership with the World of Hyatt program to a new one with Marriott Bonvoy, there's one question we've all been waiting to ask: Just how many Marriott Bonvoy points per night will cost to stay at big-name Vegas resorts such as MGM Grand, Bellagio, Aria, Excalibur and beyond?

The answer is it'll cost as few as 5,000 Marriott Bonvoy points per night at the more entry-level Strip properties ... plus the dreaded resort fees.

Best-ever offer on the Marriott Bonvoy Boundless credit card: Earn five free night awards (each night valued up to 50,000 points) after you spend $5,000 on purchases in your first three months from your account opening. Certain hotels have resort fees.

So far, a few of the Las Vegas MGM properties are bookable using points in Marriott's system. More are listed to come online in March 2024.

Here are the starting Marriott points prices for the MGM Resorts that are already online with Marriott:

Related: Things to know about staying at the MGM Grand — the largest hotel in the U.S.

The Bellagio, Vdara, Aria, Park MGM, Luxor and Mandalay Bay are all shown to be coming online in March within the Marriott program.

As was previously announced, the high-end Bellagio Las Vegas Resort & Casino will be within the Luxury Collection, and Aria Resort & Casino will be within the Autograph Collection. Park MGM Las Vegas will join the Tribute Portfolio. Most of the MGM Resorts portfolio will fall under the newly created MGM Collection by Marriott Bonvoy. This includes Vdara, MGM Grand, NoMad Las Vegas, The Signature at MGM Grand, Mandalay Bay, New York-New York, Luxor and Excalibur.

Related: Things to know about staying at Mandalay Bay

Unlike when MGM partnered with Hyatt, which uses a more standard award chart, Marriott uses a relatively dynamic points pricing model. So, while those are the starting points prices listed above, the cost range is quite wide.

While starting award prices are very low in some cases, expect to pay upward of 80,000 to 100,000 Marriott points per night on certain dates — even at the more relatively budget-friendly MGM properties that are already online.

Some good news is that you will be able to use the fixed-value Marriott certificates awarded with some Marriott credit cards at these MGM properties. For example, this opens up more uses for the increasingly hard-to-utilize 35,000 Marriott point certificates on some of the less expensive dates at properties such as MGM Grand.

No matter what the points price, you will still be on the hook for the resort fees, which can be substantial. Note that this was also true when MGM Resorts fell under the World of Hyatt program. The one exception here is for Marriott Ambassador elites