Originally Posted by
myperks
let me rephrase so people don’t get butt hurt... members choose to only want to use it for certain properties/destinations even though members have the option of using it for other properties/destinations, all based on personal risk tolerance during this pandemic.
(except for members in countries/regions that don’t have any properties which the certificate can be used)
it’s not wrong to want to maximize value, but it is what it is at this point. I didn’t want to use a cert in Fremont California where I live down the street but I had no confidence Marriott would extend, and I was wrong.
marriott and generosity in the same sentence normally will get this forum all riled up
nice try but no. Risk tolerance affects the potential travel plans which reduces the potential destinations. And I am not using a cert in Fremont just to use it - I’d rather see it expire.
I visited incline village this summer - no Marriott properties there (except a RC that is too many $$$$ for a cert)
also went to Yosemite - paid a small fortune to stay there because no Marriotts.
Might visit Death Valley this fall - no properties there.
No properties in Mendocino if we head that direction.
Aspen in December - no properties except $$$$ (not counting Snowmass)
so no, it is not a matter of maximizing value - there just aren’t eligible properties where I plan to go. In a normal year a 50k cert is easily used (35k less so).