Originally Posted by
GetawaysRus
My question: let's say you have a Marriott Premier credit card from Chase and have an e-certificate (a 43J) for one night at a Cat 1-5 property. Has anyone tried adding points (such as the points difference between a Cat 5 and a Cat 6 stay) to upgrade the e-certificate to a Category 6? (That would be very tempting, but maybe I'm in dreamland with this idea.)
I've seen this question posed on the forums before and the answer was no (although I've never tried). From my experience, the only addition of points that can help is upgrading the room you got with the certificate.