Originally Posted by zachary

This is probably true. It's very complicated. But there's on thing that Marriott could do that would help with the fairness: Announce what they are going to do with these certificates far enough in advance before 8/18 so that people can make decisions based on that knowledge. At least then people could choose which of several options they like best. Instead, they've decided not to tell us what they are going to do. Seems to me that makes their position harder to defend.