I just read the FAQs. This is a huge bummer!
Ok I read through the FAQs and I dont like what I see.
I have always redeemed 7 night stays at the standard award availability level and gotten Cat6 for 130K points and Cat7 for 150K points.
Now, I will have to pay 210K points for Cat6 and 245K for Cat7. Also some of the places I have redeemed (or planned to redeem someday) are a new Cat8.
Why couldnt MR just stay with its sweet spot of 7 night awards and packages rather than try and mimick SPG's 5th night free. If this is the number of points I have to use, I'd rather switch to SPG. The properties are much better and are in locations I always wanted to visit.
Time to cash out of MR.