Originally Posted by
Boraxo
I am glad that others find the Cat 1-5 useful, but it is virtually worthless to me as most of the leisure properties of interest will soon be Cat 6-9. I will be cancelling my MR visa and transferring the credit line to Chase Hyatt. May also start transferring bookings to Hyatt. Bonus points are far more useful than free nights at Fairfield Fresno.

That's exactly why I switched to Cat5, because it requires the least number of nights before I am leaving Marriott due to this recent point devaluation.