7 nights Travel Packages with a few paid nights in the middle
 

Can I use a 7 nights certificate to have a reservation more than 7 nights with a few paid nights inside?

https://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/morepack.mi
I am about to redeem a 7 nights travel package. But the business hotel is cheap on weekends. So, for example, I want to do 5 nights covered by *7 nights*. Then to pay the weekend 2 nights using cash, and two days of the following are still covered by *7 nights*.


I can achieve this goal online using points redemption. Please see the screen shot below.

https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.fly...6a62623e5a.png

Asked and answered many times. And the answer is yes.

Well, I thought the answer should be yes as well. But I called customer service today and they seems not quite sure how to do this and I was told NO?!
Can you send me a link other people's similar redemption case of description? Thank you!

BTW, for these a few paid nights (in the middle) can I use corporate rate on them?

I called up to do this and they said I could redeem my partners points for a travel package but they needed him to give permission over the phone(which he did). However they then said that I had to choose the hotel and dates there and then to continue and that I couldn't just book the travel package to put the 7 night hotel cert on my account. Is this correct or do I just need to HUACA?

Find a hotel with award availability at the same category level (and make sure it's cancellation policy is normal and will let you cancel the award.) Make the reservation without using your points (which should be easy with only 70K in your account.) Then call back, re-order your TP award, let them apply the cert to that reservation. Once you are off the phone with them and the transaction has been completed. Just cancel the reservation. The cert will be redeposited into your account.

I'm trying to reemember if I ever transferred points for a TP award where I didn't already have a hotel in mind. I usually do, but I know I've changed the reservation before after ordering and linking the cert. So you should be able to do that.

Thanks for your link. Indeed it is the normal case of 5 nights free non-consecutive instead of *7-night certificate* using travel package. And I put this example (the picture) in my original post.


I saw a case here very related to what I am asking.
https://insiders.marriottrewards.com/thread/49888



Anymore data point on flyertalk?

The fifth night free is different from the 7 night cert isn't it? Don't the 7 nights have to be consecutive?

It's been enough years since, so I can probably tell this story and not get anyone in trouble. I had two rooms at one of the most expensive Marriott properties on the planet with the last night left on our certs when it was announced there would be an air controller strike starting the next day. We had to leave the country or risk getting stuck. I explained this to the FD manager and we decided it would be best to just leave the rooms empty that night. Out of nowhere, someone I kinda knew from the US (college friend's brother) came up, surprised to see me. He and his wife had just flown over and were about to check in. I asked and the clerk let them use my last night. Not only that, but it was hours before check-in but she arranged for our room to be cleaned so they could get in quickly. Some other people checking in overheard all of this and the clerk nicely arranged for them to have the other room and use the last night on the other cert. She explained the hotel was full and got lots of walk-in business so they wouldn't be losing any revenue as the two rooms would likely be rented out at top dollar.

Same here to both stopping by the front desk the night before and draining my local currency to pay the bill before putting the rest on a cc. There's nothing worse than being in a rush to get the airport when you are stuck behind someone else who is being checked out by someone who cannot solve whatever issue they are having, or needing to deal with a billing mistake when pressed for time in the morning.

I'm still curious if all the packages will be the same 1:1 ratio for miles or will we have the 4 tiers...?

I have to admit that it was all me in approaching it wrong!! I should have walked up and asked to go over the bill and pay it off and turned around without mentioning a check out. Unfortunately I stated that I was checking out and then tried to keep my bill open in order to get the extra night credit. Completely wrong approach! Another learning lesson though!

No. Read the entire linked thread.

Most likely they'll be converted to the new categories on a points-basis. E.g. however many points/night you get for your category will be its new category. Or in other words, they'll retain their POINTS value, not their CATEGORY value. But we really don't know for certain.