Indeed, i think a lot of MR members with current certificates may not be paying as much attention to the Aug 1 deadline as people here are. I wonder what % of total MR members are represented here. It would be a consumer nightmare and a publicity nightmare if Marriott simply eliminated all tne unattached certificates and gave back 45k points in the case of the 1-5 category.

i have two 1-5 cats that i fully expect to use on dates that are currently not open for booking, The hotel in question is going down to a cat 4 so i am covered. If the hotel is not yet available to book i cannot attach them and i cannot seee Marriott penalizing me for that.

I am just waiting for August 1 ro see whats happening. They know what they are going to do. They are just not letting anybody else know! No way would a multi billion multi national company not know what they are planning to do with a major program 2 weeks before launch date.