{"id":235887,"date":"2019-02-16T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/news\/al-maha-a-luxury-collection-desert-resort-spa-dubai\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T05:30:10","slug":"al-maha-a-luxury-collection-desert-resort-spa-dubai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mp-2702.milesopedia.dev\/en\/reviews\/hotels\/al-maha-a-luxury-collection-desert-resort-spa-dubai\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

After a two-night<\/a> stay at the Renaissance Downtown Hotel in Dubai, we went to the Al Maha Hotel , a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai<\/a> for 3 nights. A great review of this unique hotel, accessible thanks to Marriott Bonvoy’s points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This hotel is part of a tiny circle of hotels particularly sought after by point and mile hoarder<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just as The St. Regis Maldives Vommuli Resort <\/a> , the W Verbier, <\/a>or even The St. Regis Bora Bora Resort <\/a>, Al Maha Hotel , a Luxury Collection Desert Resort & Spa, Dubai<\/a> is on the bucket list<\/em> of point collectors since August 2018!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Indeed, for a limited period – between August 2018 and March 2019, there were only seven categories in the Marriott Bonvoy<\/a> program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was then possible to book rooms with points for a very affordable rate – given the services offered – that of category 7, i.e. 60,000 Marriott Bonvoy points per night instead of the astronomical price of CA$1,454 per night (at the time of our reservation<\/a>) !<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As of March 5, 2019, most high-end hotels have switched to Category 8, costing a minimum of 70,000 points in low season and up to 100,000 points in high season!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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As early as August 2018, this hotel was in my sights (and I wrote you an article about it to encourage you to take advantage of Marriott’s very generous pricing schedule<\/a> before the change of categories on March 5, 2019).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I booked at first two nights for 120,000 points but after reading different reviews on the “restful” side of the Al Maha, a Luxury Collection Desert Resort and Spa, Dubai,<\/a> I decided to add a 3rd<\/sup> night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Short on Marriott points, I chose to transfer<\/a> 50,000 Select Membership Rewards points from my American Express Cobalt\u1d50\u1d9c Card<\/a> to get us that extra night!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Otherwise, the easiest way to earn Marriott Bonvoy points is via American Express-issued credit cards like this one:<\/p>\n\n\n