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Marriott FNC Top-Up Increase Analysis: 15k → 25k — How Many More Properties Can You Reach?

Marriott Free Night Certificate Top-Up Increase: How Many More Properties Can You Reach?

Date: March 11, 2026 Author: Gondola AI Research Data: Deduplicated rate observations across 9,270 Marriott Bonvoy properties, covering check-in dates from March 2026 through February 2027 (pipeline run: Feb 26, 2026) Gist: https://gist.github.com/skyler1537/eb1c223a5a7683642d1c7491ed8206b0


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Created March 4, 2026 05:37
Points Explorer: Data Pipeline & Outlier Filtering Methodology

Points Explorer: Data Pipeline & Outlier Filtering Methodology

This document describes how the Gondola Points Explorer filters, cleans, and bounds hotel loyalty point redemption data across its extract, preprocess, and visualization stages.

Overview

The Points Explorer computes cents-per-point (CPP) redemption values for hotel loyalty programs by comparing cash rates to points rates at the same property and date. To produce meaningful distributions, the pipeline applies filters at three stages: data extraction, preprocessing, and visualization.


Hyatt's New Award Chart: A Data-Driven Analysis of Winners, Losers, and Where to Book Now

Date: March 2, 2026 Author: Gondola AI Research Data: 563,664 deduplicated rate comparisons across 1,970 Hyatt properties (scraped Feb 26, 2026)


The Big Picture

On February 25, 2026, Hyatt announced a sweeping overhaul of their World of Hyatt award chart, effective May 2026. The old three-tier system (Off-Peak / Standard / Peak) is being replaced with five tiers: Lowest, Low, Moderate, Upper, and Top.