Originally Posted by
rrgg
Hi Marriott Bonvoy Lurker I, II, III,
I understand Marriott is ending the ability to extend a free night award in any circumstances. If true I hope something may be done to address the timing of certificates.
Say one is issued late July, and I have a regular trip in August where I'd like to use it. Sometimes a property is already sold out by then, or due to dynamic award pricing I must reserve back in January before receiving the FNA. Holding a room with points while waiting doesn't work, because swapping in the FNA causes a repricing. Or let's say a FNA is issued 7/31 and I want to use it 8/1 of this year or 8/1 of next year. That's practically impossible.
Totally agree with this. I’m in the same situation. All of my FNAs are issued in Nov and I like using them in SIN in January. Always a problem. I was actually thinking of contacting Amex/Chase and asking if they could delay issuing them by 2-3 mths.