Originally Posted by
figment7
After Aug 18th, the chase certificate became a points certificate vaild up to 25k, so most hotels in the Cat 5 are more than that so now you can probably only use it for a Cat 1-4 hotel I believe. Your situation may be different since it was an attached certificate and mine was a "floater" however I can only book Cat 1-4 now since Aug 18th and the new hotel rankings are in effect.
The new hotel I wanted dropped to 25, it was 30 before, and I didn't like the hotel I had booked, so I wanted to switch to the one I did want since it was now an acceptable level. It's not until October so I'll wait until closer to the date to see if everything is ok. Torture trying to call Marriott right now.