Originally Posted by
Mr. Vker
Categories are based on a number of factors. Geography, demand, and award demand. Some fallout from the Cat 4 Megabonus is the influx of people seeking the best cat 4 hotels. After the first year, a bunch of those properties were catapulted to category 5.
Your property may have a lot of award demand.
Yeah that makes sense but then how to explain when an entire new higher reward category is created and the annual shifting of properties where the number of upwards far exceeds the downshifting. If it was simple supply & demand between properties, it would be a zero sum game.
Marriott has to book a liability and record an expense based upon the number of outstanding points and annually inflating point redemption cost helps them mitigate that expense.
Its all funny money...