My guess it that you are correct about the number of points, but that there will still be a 7-night stay requirement. After all, consider how tenaciously Marriott hung onto the 7-night requirement when folks were trying to get in on the 5-nights for timeshare owners deal. I don't think you'll be able to use your 7-night@25k certificate as 3 nights at a 50k per night property. I expect that if you want to use your converted Category 1-5 Travel Package certificate at a 50k per night property, you'll be asked to pay an additional 150k points to upgrade the certificate (and it will be for 7 nights at the 50k per night property, with the 5th night free). That's how it worked in the old system, and there's nothing in the new system that prevents this.
Originally Posted by
hearingdouble
Given the approach to CC free night vouchers, I suspect they'll just convert 7-night vouchers into Points Vouchers, i.e.
Cat 1-5 > 150,000 Point Voucher
Cat 6 > 180,000 Point Voucher
Cat 7 > 210,000 Point Voucher
Cat 8 > 240,000 Point Voucher
Cat 9 > 270,000 Point Voucher
Tier 1-3 > 300,000 Point Voucher
Tier 4-5 > 420,000 Point Voucher
That's simple, fair, and allows people to put the points towards whatever they want after 1 August. It also saves Marriott having to awkwardly compare legacy Categories to current Categories.
Per my previous post, I suspect this will be a one-off opportunity for legacy Travel Package certificates that are outstanding at 1 August, and that new packages sold post 1 August will be based on the new tiers (but that's just a hunch).