I'm similarly situated. I actually haven't stayed in a Marriott in probably 10 years and thought my account had long since expired but just registered online (while setting up awardwallet I went through all my old cards) and found that I have 24k miles still sitting there. Technically Marriott could close my account at any time after 24 months of inactivity (though the last 8 years I've been clear) but I'd rather use these points now than kick myself for losing them later.

I'm trying to plan a trip for me and the girlfriend but seems like Category 1 hotels are basically no way unless it's in the middle of nowhere, right? Are there other ways to use these points? Any reasonable conversions to other programs (the FF airline mile conversions I saw were ridiculously low). Any other ideas for using these in a travel-related way? Thanks much!!