Thanks, Ricky!
NEWSFLASH -- I WAS ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR THE 1 - 5 CERTS!!!
As Ricky and some others have reported, I was able to sign up for the 1-5 Cert promotion, maximum of 2 per promotion period, today, President's Day.
This has been permitted despite my being from the USA and I had not called before today for this switch.
I should add that I had thanked the agent but had voiced my displeasure over the upcoming category devaluations and hence my need for the change.
I did not need to voice that objection prior to my asking for the switch and it may have helped that I am a Platinum member.
However, the switch was permitted without any pushback, so perhaps Marriott has gotten the message that we have been none to happy campers.
As noted above, my promotion will be manually tracked and altered.
I suggest you try the same and Good Luck!!!