Originally Posted by
pinniped
I still very much believe you will end up with three 7-day certificates.
Maxed point refunds would be crazy-generous on Marriott's part.
Forced forfeiture at the "penalty" rate (45k) would be a world-class d*ck move beyond almost anything we've ever seen a loyalty program do. I trust Marriott enough to rule this out.
That leaves a category conversion, which seems reasonable given that the TP's *do* fall into the category of "certificates with a pre-defined category".
The details that remain are what to do when there isn't an identical "new" category level (e.g., old Category 6) and what to do with expiration dates and post-Aug 1 cancellations of certs that were attached on August 1. These are areas where members might get a *little* one-time bonus (in value or expiration date) to save Marriott some coding.
Oh, I think I misspoke here. What I should have said was I believe we'll get certs converted to new certs with refunded points for anything above Cat 1-4; I came to that conclusion about at the same time as another FTer last week. *But* I do believe the possibility of some sort of points refund seems more likely than before, and as I said I doubt it would be 150K for Cat 5s.
So while I'd
prefer to have 450K Marriott points, I
think I'm getting three "new" Cat 1-4 + refunded points for any upgraded beyond current Cat 1-5.