Originally Posted by
Marriott Concierge
Technically speaking if you wait until after the change to upgrade the certificate, the old rewards will not be available (meaning you would pay the higher amount) unless you have a reservation using points that was booked prior to the change. My recommendation is that, if possible, you do the upgrade before the change.
I redeemed at Cat 1-5 Travel Package prior to the implementation of the program changes, and have a reservation held.
My question is:
a) would it be possible to upgrade the hotel portion to Cat 6 at a later date if I wanted a higher tier hotel?
b) if possible, would the charge be 30,000 points (300K-270K -- had a 120K mile award)
c) and, would the new certificate then be valid for one year from issuance?
Thank you. I sorted through several threads, but did not see an explanation for the above scenario.