Jul 30, 2016, 4:21 pm
Last edit by: Slickw
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Legacy to New Travel Package Conversion (effective August 2019)
A Marriott supervisor can currently convert your legacy travel package into the new category mapping. If you hold a Category 6, 8, or Tier 1-3 legacy certificate, it's ideal to downgrade your certificate before converting so that points don't potentially get lost in the process.
The codes for the new partial packages are:
New Cat 1-4: QP83
New Cat 5: QP91
New Cat 6: QP99
New Cat 7:
The legacy certificates map to the new certificates as such:
Cat 1-5 => Cat 1-4
Cat 6 => Cat 1-4
Cat 7 => Cat 5
Cat 8 => Cat 5
Cat 9 => Cat 6
Tier 1-3 => Cat 6
Tier 4-5 => Cat 7
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If you are unsure where you will use your 7 night stay, when you request the package, just ask for a category 1-5 hotel. That way you are out of the least number of points. If later, you decide to book for a higher level category, then you can do so and pay the difference the travel package points. If you can't use your certificate within the year, then as close to the one year anniversary (without going over!) call to extend the certificate for one more year. That's as long as they will typically allow, one extension. There is an option to expedite the mileage delivery to within three business days (sometimes faster) for $15. There are reports that this fee may be waived for platinum members.
Effective April 1 2017 re: Southwest & the companion pass:
"Purchased points, points converted from hotel and car loyalty programs, and e-Rewards, e-Miles, Valued Opinions and Diners Club, points earned from Rapid Rewards program enrollment, tier bonuses, flight bonuses, and partner bonuses (excluding points bonuses earned on the Rapid Rewards Credit Cards from Chase) do not count toward Companion Pass."
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Can I book SPG properties with my Marriott Travel Package? As of 9/1/2018 apparently not. see https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30155836-post6529.html
Legacy to New Travel Package Conversion (effective August 2019)
A Marriott supervisor can currently convert your legacy travel package into the new category mapping. If you hold a Category 6, 8, or Tier 1-3 legacy certificate, it's ideal to downgrade your certificate before converting so that points don't potentially get lost in the process.
The codes for the new partial packages are:
New Cat 1-4: QP83
New Cat 5: QP91
New Cat 6: QP99
New Cat 7:
Originally Posted by Marriott Rewards Insider
Members who purchased a Category 6, Category 8 or Tier 1-3 certificate prior to 8/18 are able to request a one-time exchange for a Travel Package one category lower. This process will cancel your current Travel Package, reissue a Travel Package one category lower and result in a refund of 30,000 points to your account. To submit a request, follow these steps:
Source: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...es-update.html
- Select “Packages - Deals” from the “Topic” drop down menu
- Submit your request
Source: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...es-update.html
The legacy certificates map to the new certificates as such:
Cat 1-5 => Cat 1-4
Cat 6 => Cat 1-4
Cat 7 => Cat 5
Cat 8 => Cat 5
Cat 9 => Cat 6
Tier 1-3 => Cat 6
Tier 4-5 => Cat 7
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If you are unsure where you will use your 7 night stay, when you request the package, just ask for a category 1-5 hotel. That way you are out of the least number of points. If later, you decide to book for a higher level category, then you can do so and pay the difference the travel package points. If you can't use your certificate within the year, then as close to the one year anniversary (without going over!) call to extend the certificate for one more year. That's as long as they will typically allow, one extension. There is an option to expedite the mileage delivery to within three business days (sometimes faster) for $15. There are reports that this fee may be waived for platinum members.
Effective April 1 2017 re: Southwest & the companion pass:
"Purchased points, points converted from hotel and car loyalty programs, and e-Rewards, e-Miles, Valued Opinions and Diners Club, points earned from Rapid Rewards program enrollment, tier bonuses, flight bonuses, and partner bonuses (excluding points bonuses earned on the Rapid Rewards Credit Cards from Chase) do not count toward Companion Pass."
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Can I book SPG properties with my Marriott Travel Package? As of 9/1/2018 apparently not. see https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30155836-post6529.html
Marriott Travel Packages
Jun 11, 2018, 10:39 pm
#3301
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: YYC
Programs: SPG Gold, Emerald Club Executive, Hertz 5 Star
Posts: 103
Since we normally stay at Cat 5 properties, I am planning to call and have it fixed. If we end up not staying for 7 nights, we will just check out 1 or 2 days earlier.
On second thought, as davidsc111 pointed out, I may try to downgrade it to 5 night Cat 5 package and get 35k points back if the agent allows.
Jun 11, 2018, 11:09 pm
#3302
Join Date: Aug 2010
Location: Seat 1L these days :)
Programs: AF Platinum/AY LUMO/SK EBG/baEC S/HYATT Globalist/MR LTP/A3 *G/HH Dia/IHG plat
Posts: 7,957
Anyone have recent experience with TPs on AS? I ordered three TPs a week ago Sunday, one to VS which posted on tuesday morning. But the two I used for AS have not bewn credited as of today. Should I be worried? I dont see my FF #s anywhere on the TP listed so cant double triple check that 
Just figured I would check here to see how long of a wait people have experienced
Just figured I would check here to see how long of a wait people have experienced
Jun 12, 2018, 3:38 am
#3303
Join Date: Feb 2013
Posts: 1,815
I was charged 270k - which is the points for 7 night Cat 1-5 package.
Since we normally stay at Cat 5 properties, I am planning to call and have it fixed. If we end up not staying for 7 nights, we will just check out 1 or 2 days earlier.
On second thought, as davidsc111 pointed out, I may try to downgrade it to 5 night Cat 5 package and get 35k points back if the agent allows.
Since we normally stay at Cat 5 properties, I am planning to call and have it fixed. If we end up not staying for 7 nights, we will just check out 1 or 2 days earlier.
On second thought, as davidsc111 pointed out, I may try to downgrade it to 5 night Cat 5 package and get 35k points back if the agent allows.
Jun 12, 2018, 3:40 am
#3304
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 8
TP ordered on 5/29, AS points posted on 6/6
Jun 12, 2018, 10:46 am
#3305
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PIT-SCE-AOO-PHL-NYC-WAS
Programs: free agent
Posts: 1,036
My 1-5 cat certificate will expire in early March 2019, and you guys think we have chance to redeem at SPG property when Marriott release updated category list sometime soon (hopefully so) before August 1?
Think it's doable for me to call Marriott to extend my certificate to March 2020, or I'm out of luck and gotta come up with decision between now and March 2019?
Think it's doable for me to call Marriott to extend my certificate to March 2020, or I'm out of luck and gotta come up with decision between now and March 2019?
Jun 12, 2018, 10:57 am
#3306
Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: Chicago
Programs: AA UA Delta. HH Diamond, PC Platinum, Club Carlson Gold, Hyatt Diamond
Posts: 808
Would AS be the most valuable airline redemption now without any transfer promotion? Thanks! Assume I don’t have any travel plan in mind.
Jun 12, 2018, 11:15 am
#3307
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Posts: 295
AS may be very valuable if you can hit their sweet spot. Also, it's hard to get comparing to DL, AA and UA. For me, AS is the place to go. I have just got two and will get another two before Aug.
Jun 12, 2018, 12:59 pm
#3308
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
Caveat is - if you do not have travel plan in the next 6 to 9 months, DONT do speculative travel package redemption. You may wound up regret it.
Just a fair warning on AS - if you are thinking to use on CX you may want to examine the availability trend as a reality check. Hint - the availability has become much much harder to find, months before CX restructured its Asia Miles charts. Things have become decidedly worse.
On top of that, AS charts are very ripe for devaluation because it has been undervalued comparing to the US3.
Jun 12, 2018, 1:55 pm
#3309
Join Date: Mar 2014
Posts: 546
My 1-5 cat certificate will expire in early March 2019, and you guys think we have chance to redeem at SPG property when Marriott release updated category list sometime soon (hopefully so) before August 1?
Think it's doable for me to call Marriott to extend my certificate to March 2020, or I'm out of luck and gotta come up with decision between now and March 2019?
Think it's doable for me to call Marriott to extend my certificate to March 2020, or I'm out of luck and gotta come up with decision between now and March 2019?
Also, there's no point to extend the certificate because it will be converted to points, which presumably behave like ordinary points and won't expire. BTW, if you call to extend, the new expiration date will be 1 year from the date you called, not from the original expiration date of the certificate.
Jun 12, 2018, 5:21 pm
#3310
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: PIT-SCE-AOO-PHL-NYC-WAS
Programs: free agent
Posts: 1,036
New combined category list will come out this month but you won't be able to book based on the new combined category prior to August 1. More specifically, you won't be able to use the certificate on any SPG property prior to August 1. Since your certificate will be converted to points, you won't have a certificate after August 1. So it really doesn't matter. .
Jun 12, 2018, 8:59 pm
#3311
Join Date: Mar 2015
Location: YVR
Posts: 1,082
It depends on your travel plan / needs.
Caveat is - if you do not have travel plan in the next 6 to 9 months, DONT do speculative travel package redemption. You may wound up regret it.
Just a fair warning on AS - if you are thinking to use on CX you may want to examine the availability trend as a reality check. Hint - the availability has become much much harder to find, months before CX restructured its Asia Miles charts. Things have become decidedly worse.
On top of that, AS charts are very ripe for devaluation because it has been undervalued comparing to the US3.
Caveat is - if you do not have travel plan in the next 6 to 9 months, DONT do speculative travel package redemption. You may wound up regret it.
Just a fair warning on AS - if you are thinking to use on CX you may want to examine the availability trend as a reality check. Hint - the availability has become much much harder to find, months before CX restructured its Asia Miles charts. Things have become decidedly worse.
On top of that, AS charts are very ripe for devaluation because it has been undervalued comparing to the US3.
Although, if you're thinking about cashing in your Marriott points for TPs, I assume you have no plans to redeem for hotel stays?
If so, the possibility that Marriott will devalue the TPs come Aug 1 is something to also consider.
Take the gamble and convert to AS now, and potentially be faced with an AS devaluation?
Or, hold your points at Marriott, and convert when needed, but then gamble on TP devaluation?
Jun 13, 2018, 1:03 am
#3312
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: SF Bay Area
Programs: IHG Ambassador , Marriott platinum, United, Delta
Posts: 64
I think I will just pull the trigger and get two UA packages and book a week over New Years, which is always our big travel time, and one for next June.
SFO is our Hub and UA seems to be the easiest to book. I want to beat the Peak pricing and make sure I get the airline miles. We have plans to do Hawaii and London next year and these should be easy to book.
SFO is our Hub and UA seems to be the easiest to book. I want to beat the Peak pricing and make sure I get the airline miles. We have plans to do Hawaii and London next year and these should be easy to book.
Jun 13, 2018, 1:52 pm
#3313
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
Jun 13, 2018, 8:42 pm
#3315
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Florida
Posts: 29,760
Really, what one redeems should always based on one's own travel needs. For us who have month long trips several times a year, the need for hotel nights is far greater than the need for having miles sitting idly in various FFP accounts.
Last edited by Happy; Jun 13, 2018 at 8:48 pm