I've been trying to juggle some upcoming stays between Marriott, Hyatt and Hilton, and the new cat changes have made the decision for me. After May, the Cat 4 certs are going to be useless to me as I rarely have airport or suburban stays.
Disagree about it not affecting airports or suburbs. Looking at some of my fave properties going from Cat4 to Cat5:
El Segundo Residence Inn
Courtyard Maui
Salinas Residence Inn
Some of them make no sense to me like Cat5 for Residence Inn Gainesville I-75?
Well it makes no sense unless the intent is to drastically devalue MegaBonus.
I went to the trouble a few weeks ago, of calling reps until I got MegaBonus enrolled. Had I known they were eviscerating it I wouldn't have bothered.
Glad I burned off all my Cat4 certs over Christmas trip to LA area. Wish I had found the time to hit Courtyard Maui again!