A tier1-3 code is/was 830P

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Has anyone had success getting an extension of the 1 year deadline to use the travel package?

New Datapoint - Called in to try and swap certificate via the European numbers and it seems Marriott has done some training and communication. They were ready for me, and proactively stated no upgrades on a travel package but they can cancel my OC8, return 30k and issue a NC5. One time act, as NC5 is not upgradeable or refundable.

Why didn't they have this ready 3 weeks ago?

I was tormented whether to take the full refund and book additional nights in the Maldives or find a Category 5 i can enjoy 7 days. So, my desire to somehow maximize means I am open to recommendations for that killer property Category 5 or below.

I had an OC5 7 night package that was due to expire next week. Called in yesterday and got it converted to the NC4 with a expiration of 9/13/2019 and no pushback.

A rep suggested to a friend who had a last year's cert about to expire in a few weeks. No outright extension but conversion essentially extend the life for another year from the date of conversion.

I believe we have the confusion before in the closed thread - the LOCATION where the P is at, means DIFFERENT Things!
It is the sloppy job of Marriott IT.
They use the same sequential numbers with different letters to denote different thing - that should be fine, EXCEPT they use the SAME letter P but in different locations of the code, Preceding P means different thing than Suffix P. This creates a lot of confusion when one tries to figure out what is what.

On another note, this morning a friend successfully got the OC6 converted to NC4 QP83 with 30K refund back to the account immediately. Their travel is beginning of Oct and would like to use the cert for a 6 days stay, hence want to get things done sooner than later in case reps dont know how to attach cert to a 6 days stay. I suggest that they can just book a 7 days and just inform the hotel they would check out a day early.
There seems more and more reps know how to do the basic conversion with overcharged points refunded. Calling before 8am EST may have much less wait.

I'd like to know this as well! I have a OC9 attached to a speculative reservation. If I cancel that reservation, the new cert becomes a NC6 with an expiration of 1 year from the detachment/conversion date?

You may want to DETACH the cert first.

Outright cancellation may get you the full partial cert point refund then you would need to get the rep to reorder the NC for you.

Detach the cert first may just change the cert to NC, or stay as an OC9, with a New issuance date. Then you can decide what you want to do later.

I had (have) an old 5 night cat 6. My account says "P570 PARTIAL PKG-CAT 6". Waiting until 9/18 to try to upgrade it to NC5.

appreciate the suggestion. Thanks!

What full refund? I suppose you mean the 45K plus the additional points above the basic package.

Any recent DPs of redeeming 5n packages? I have 2 and have heard of people getting them cancelled recently.

Is it a matter of luck, getting an agent not diligent enough to check that you are not a timeshare member?

I have spoken to 3 different CSR's and am now back on hold waiting for someone else going on 2 hours trying to attach a simple 1-4 cat cert for a 7 night stay. Are they really this incompetent of a company or is there a special # to call where people actually understand the nature of their job?