Originally Posted by
philemer
For all you folks that have redeemed MR for travel packages in the last couple weeks are you let the cert. float or attaching it? I may redeem for a 1>5 Cat. package this week.
If you know where and when you want to stay, and especially if the hotel is staying the same or going up in points cost, I think you will be wise to attach it. If Marriott will still allow one year extensions from the date of request or Cat changes, you should mitigate any possible losses. In my case, since the TPs are being seriously devalued, I decided to buy 13 TPs, only 3 of which are attached, all Cat 9s (I know dates, hotels and they are going up in cost). The value of getting two airlines' FF balance up to 7 figures hedges at least somewhat against whatever Marriott might do to floating certs (I'm floating across all Cats to spread the risk). I'm of course hoping they will treat these fairly, but I had too many points to just sit by and watch them devalue significantly. Ymmv. Cheers.