Originally Posted by
yoyo
Were they really Marriott points or starwood points? I ened up with many of these cat 4 certificates and sadly looks like they are all going to expire early 2021. I would have been far better off redeemed for higher category certificates then.
Yes, Marriott pts, or the equivalent of 90K SPG pts which should have converted to 112K UA miles (using 1:1.25 conversion). So those TP certs were basically free. I wish I had got more of the higher cat certs too. But worst case is you can cash in your unused certs for 45K Marriott pts. So your net cost for whatever airline miles you chose was 225K Marriot pts, a very good trade! There is a cat 4 Sheraton near me. I'm debating whether to just book a 7 night stay there and go and enjoy breakfast and get 7 elite nights for 2021 for the equivalent of ~6.5K pts/night!.