zzrayzz

So glad TP are being extended to June!! Still not sure if I will be able to use it by then, hoping for one more extension lol... I was going to do a Mattress run with them in the last week too to earn nights for 2022. phew!
also, i thought the option to convert them back into points was no longer available?

Ideally, marriott will convert these TP certs into max Pts for post march. So i have a cat 6 (50k) cert, and to book 7nts would cost 300k. so marriott would give 300k! Highly doubt it, but you never know. I dont think theres that many of these TP certs left in the system anyways so they might just bite the bullet. wishful thinking

margarita girl

And how many airline miles did you get in addition to the TP cert?

pazza2000

I can’t see this per se, I can however see a situation where the package is still locked into 7 nights and carries the peak value of the category it was previously held in, so 300k in your example, with the option to add additional points to it. Arguably this flexibility may make these TP’s temporarily more valuable for a period. Alternatively the cap will remain and you can only use them on 7 night (or less if they unlock the 7 night rule) stays at 300k or less.

Counsellor

Perhaps Marriott thinks that ideally you would USE the certificates instead of hoping they'll be extended yet again. These were supposed to have been used years ago!

GUWonder

When and how they were supposed to be used remains largely up to Marriott. That was the case when Marriott played games over how it mapped category conversions for already issued certificates; and that remains the case in how and when Marriott pushed out expiration dates for certificates even post-categorization conversions. But at some point, Marriott will further Bonvoy the customers — perhaps myself included — with these travel package certificates still available to use up prior to c. January 3, 2022. So best to get them used up sooner than later if not wanting to risk getting Bonvoyed by Marriott.

Marriott’s been extending these package cents not out of the goodness of its heart as much as out of a recognition that it’s a way to try to keep the program customers on the hamster wheel for longer than would be the case if just wiping out the customers’ awards and balances.

Happy

Some posters in the main extension thread reported their FNs and SNAs are already extended.

One of the posters is Titanium. May be the system is designed to go by the sequences of status tier?

I used all my FNs and SNA in a 2 weeks trip to France in 2nd half of Oct. Still have 1 Cat 4 TP cert remaining. I was going to use it between Nov and Dec, and the several FNs in my husband's account. I am grateful now we could use them in 1st half of 2022.

Cana2013

My SNAs have been extended to June 30 but travel packages and 35k FNs are not. I am a titanium.

pazza2000

Likewise.

pazza2000

You may find it interesting to note that unofficially although widely recognised as a standard, Marriott will allow a one time extension of these TP’s and like many others I’ve yet to request that extension. If a TP was ordered in 2018 it was auto extended in 2019’s category changes and then it’s been auto extended since ‘20 and rightfully so as a result of the still ongoing situation. A week’s TP is both more complex to book and use than a FNA and debatably some of us are still due that one time extension although I accept you could argue that 2019’s auto extension could fairly be classed as this.

zzrayzz

There's a post (a few posts up) where the person was able to extend their TP for another year. So I am hopeful and havent used my 'one-time extension' yet either.

cruisr

I am using my Cat 1-4 cert next week at a property that is going for $275.00 per night so I am fine with that redemption. i cannot even remember when I bought this package it was sooooo long ago.

pazza2000

Yes likewise it seems relatively easy to get that now and so I’m wondering if I should gamble asking for it later or do so now. I was expecting this extension however I do feel it could be our last.

extremeromance

All my travel packages in my account have been extended to June 30 2022!

GUWonder

Thanks for the update.

Checked too. Same for me and all the accounts I checked. For me, this covers a couple of weeks of ski trip accommodations into spring 2022.

pazza2000

As have mine! Here is to the next extension 👍