Originally Posted by
Ripley62
But the CC don’t give point but certs. In a short couple of years 25k certs being useful, thus the cards worth their annual fee. To being difficult to find a place to use them. Now the 35k certs are become just as much deadwood. Hotel earnings alone are no reason to keep the Marriott branded credit cards. It’s just silly to use a 35k cert for a hotel I can purchase for $150-200/night but that’s what these catagory changes do since they’re unrelated to the actual purchase cost of night. There not much encentive in loyalty.
I'll disagree with this. While you might not want to cash in 35K points when that only saves you 0.5 cents per point, if you're paying $95 annual fee and getting a cert you can use to save $150-200, that's a win.