Originally Posted by
OssianBlue
Yes, as soon as I saw that I was afraid they would convert on peak values and had I had 60K in the kitty would have upgraded to a 7. I wasn't expecting to not be able to do that later.
To me this is the most annoying aspect of the conversion. I didn't expect either a windfall or to be protected against devaluation. But when I bought my certificate in May, it permitted upgrades or downgrades, and no change to that policy had been announced even unofficially. I've attached my Cat 9 certificate to a hotel I'd be content to stay at. But it seems highly likely that I'll have to move the reservation to later in the year. The hotel is now a Cat 7, so I won't be able to rebook. The no upgrade/downgrade policy seems senseless. If my certificate is now a new Cat 6, it shouldn't be a problem to upgrade it to a new Cat 7 for the current difference in cost between the two.