Originally Posted by
rthib
What if I don't know the category of hotel I need right now. Could I claim a cat 5 and later change it say a cat 8 if need be?
Yes.
I have done it and they give you a new ecert with a new date.
If one has a fair number of Marriott points now, and if one uses AA as their primary carrier, it would be attractive to take a travel package in June 2010 (before the drop dead date of June 30, 2010) because this would allow you to sock away some AA miles now.
If I understand this, you are saying that if I take a category 5 travel package during June 2010, but later decide that I want to use the hotel portion at a category 6 or higher hotel, I'd be able to upgrade the hotel portion of the package. Is that right? Would I just "pay' the difference in points between the cat 5 package and the higher category hotel's package?
What about the other direction? What if one takes a cat 6 (or higher) travel package now but realizes later that you'd like to use it at a cat 5 hotel?