That is correct.

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How is someone who opens 3 SPG Accounts at their address and buys 90,000 Starpoints at a 35% discount a "high-value" customer? TP's have always been touted as a Reward "sweet spot" with exceptional value. Perhaps the incentive from Marriott would be to "close the gap" and reduce their liability.

"A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush!"

James

I cancelled a reservation with an attached Cat8 and got the certificate back in my account.

Yes.

Suggest people to read this thread in Marriott Insider - basically someone has contacted Marriott multiple times, literally each month since April to speak to some managers, and eventually being direct to Mr. Marriott's Office, only to be told the standard answer "I dont have an answer for that." by the lady from Mr. Marriott's Office. And that is after the person from Mr. Marriott's Office failed to get back to the poster within the promised 3 business days, so the poster decided to reach out to her again after 1.5 weeks waiting for the call back that never comes.

https://insiders.marriottrewards.com/thread/54993

it could be the fact I had been working very late night every single day this week (i.e. my brain might not be actually functioning right now :D) .... as after reading this info, I actually think the end policy will actually be at our favourite and which is why they don't want to release it until on Aug 1st to avoid everyone rush to redeem those "sweet spot" certs at those certain category. I think they regert the 1 SPG to 3 Marriott instant transfer setup that they have now where many (way too many) members transfer 90K SPG for a Travel Package... hence they just trying to minimize their lost. As if I am not mistaking, the new TP info that we all know that has not been "officially" release yet, am I correct? It was just a leak, right.... anyway just my 2 cents, or just my wild guess :)

Or more like the most wishful thinking hoping for the windfall.

Read it the other way, it could be the initial methods are too stingy and they are trying to find something that would be more palatable to members while not too costly to them.

The spg to marriott ratio definitely is generous and it has created lots of arbitration opp on award stays. To me, it is far more valuable than the miles, as it basically saves us 50 to 70% hotel costs over the past 18 months.

How did you come to that conclusion? My interpretation is quite the opposite. From the conversation we know two things. 1) The date of implementation is Agust 1st, as she has been told! 2) "Attached" certificates will be honoured!

I think the fact that when asked what he should do with his certificate and the answer is "If you attach the certificate to a hotel reservation we'll honor that reservation even if the hotel category changes," speaks volumes.

James

Maybe a newbie question, but I didn't find an answer to that yet :-/
Is the availability for 7 night certificate the same as normal point redemptions?
So If I find a date where I could spend 7 night on points, I could alternatively also use the voucher from the travel package?

Yes, a TP 7 night hotel cert is the same as any other hotel award cert in terms of hotel award availability.

Just got a email to say that my 5 night cert has been cancelled then got a email to say a new one had been issued for 7 nights. No explanation at all. Had to call and waste a hour before someone advised me what happened.

Yeah but then they charged the extra 45k for the 7 night package.

How could they deduct the extra points from your account without your consent?