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Originally Posted by Ahbi Chang
(Post 30009187)
Are we still set to have Category 8 hotels including all suite SPG hotels become bookable for 60,000 points in August? I have enough points for either a travel package or 5 nights at one of these luxury properties. I'd rather the nights as I already have a lot of air miles I'd like to use up
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I also did an attahced yesterday cateogry 9, but will do an unattahced cateogry 9 as well. This vagueness is very annoying.
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I have only one 7 night travel certificate which is for a CAT 6
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Originally Posted by metoo
(Post 30009437)
I have only one 7 night travel certificate which is for a CAT 6
. I am leaning towards to redeeming for a post August Cat 5 hotel in November or December 2018. The hotel will be downgraded from Cat 6 to 5. Is the best strategy to keep my CAT 6 certificate or call to downgrade to CAT 1-5 ? |
It is the renaissance Hong Kong from 40k to 35k points post August . my present cat 6 can not purchase this if it doesn’t seem like I have a good chance of booking the Renaissance, should I upgrade to cat 7 or downgrade to cat 1-5 |
Originally Posted by Happy
(Post 30008922)
Not sure what your intention is.
Someone posted either here or in the comment sections of one of many blog write ups on the Marriott TP that it is $20 fee to cancel a TP redemption. So your $20 fee may be related to that, and not an expedite fee to AS, as that should be $15. I dont know how a "downgrade" from a Cat 6 to a Cat 5 redemption would work. Others have done and read your post can provide more information. You can cancel the current hotel booking part of your Cat 6, presumably get back a cert of 75K description - presumably it is 45K + 30K = 75K in total. If you cancel that cert, that is exactly what you get, at current structure. Nobody knows what is going to be on August 1st going forward. Wild speculations have been thrown around on how many points one would get back on the unattached certs. You can take a gamble as some are as wild as 25K x 6 for Cat 5, 30K x 6 for Cat 6, so on so forth. Will Marriott be so generous on an already very generous TP especially due to the SPG 1 to 3? That is the gamble you need to decide whether to take a bet on. |
Originally Posted by bluemeansgo
(Post 30009657)
Curious on why you need to expedite the transder to AK?
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Originally Posted by metoo
(Post 30009655)
It is the renaissance Hong Kong from 40k to 35k points post August . my present cat 6 can not purchase this if it doesn’t seem like I have a good chance of booking the Renaissance, should I upgrade to cat 7 or downgrade to cat 1-5 |
Originally Posted by bluemeansgo
(Post 30009657)
Curious on why you need to expedite the transder to AK?
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Originally Posted by metoo
(Post 30009655)
It is the renaissance Hong Kong from 40k to 35k points post August . my present cat 6 can not purchase this if it doesn’t seem like I have a good chance of booking the Renaissance, should I upgrade to cat 7 or downgrade to cat 1-5 Your current Cat 6 is for hotel at 30K per night. The new Cat 5 from August 1st is for hotel at 35K per night. Look, the new Cat 5 costs more pts than the current Cat 6. Just how you can "downgrade" your current Cat 6 to a current Cat 5 and then be able to redeem the Ren at 35K/night category comes August 1st? If you really want the Ren. as suggested by tth6133, you need minimum a Cat 7 cert in the current chart assuming old attached certs would be converted to point-based certs at the same point levels. |
Originally Posted by jesswright1984
(Post 30009278)
I also did an attahced yesterday cateogry 9, but will do an unattahced cateogry 9 as well. This vagueness is very annoying.
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Please correct me if I am wrong in this scenario: We want to stay at a SPG property in HI next summer that will be Cat 5. If I get a Cat 5 MTP now and attach it to a Marriott property that is currently 25k and going up to 35k (is currently Cat 5 and will be Cat 5 in August) we could possibly transfer that to the Cat 5 Starwood property after the August conversion. It may also be possible if we did the Marriott reservation and cancel we could be given points equivalent to the amount to book a new Cat 5. I realize this is speculation and hedging a bet, but I wanted to try to make a safer bet...
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Originally Posted by macs4us
(Post 30010044)
Please correct me if I am wrong in this scenario: We want to stay at a SPG property in HI next summer that will be Cat 5. If I get a Cat 5 MTP now and attach it to a Marriott property that is currently 25k and going up to 35k (is currently Cat 5 and will be Cat 5 in August) we could possibly transfer that to the Cat 5 Starwood property after the August conversion. It may also be possible if we did the Marriott reservation and cancel we could be given points equivalent to the amount to book a new Cat 5.
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How long does it take for miles to appear in AA once travel package is arranged?
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Originally Posted by vandesa
(Post 30010156)
How long does it take for miles to appear in AA once travel package is arranged?
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