Originally Posted by
friedablass
My annual fee of $650 posted on 12/15 and I was on the fence if it's worth it for me to keep it. Last year I still paid the lower AF so still found it worthwhile. I did pay the AF when it was due, but today I decided that I'm going to downgrade it to the legacy Bonvoy card for a pro-rated refund of the AF as the benefits are not compelling enough for me to keep it.
In the disclosures for the downgrade which I did via chat, the rep stated the following which confirms that I (and anyone else who downgrades post renewal) will still receive the 85k free night:
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I plan to do the same. also plan to do upgrade at the end of year.