Your code will be in the confirmation email sent when you ordered your package. A Marriott agent informed me that it is still not possible to attach a cert to an SPG property until possibly 9/18, YMMV.

Do the math as I'm not so sure trying to upgrade (or even holding on) to a NC7 is worth it to everyone. The turn in value of a NC7 is worth 315k points which is sufficient to book 6 nights at a Cat 7 hotel (or Cat 8 through the end of the year) using 5th night free and you would still have 15k points left over. To me, the flexibility of booking with points may not be worth the 45k savings on a 7 night stay. I imagine at the most aspirational properties are going to get exceedingly difficult to find 7 nights in a row...and I might like the flexibility to stay a shorter period anyhow. Bottom line, to me getting a hold of an NC7 isn't a slam dunk (if upgrade cost is based on the turn in value of points - which has been the case thus far).

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I have two Old Category 7 certificates, but one of them is weird. It has the P880 code and a value of 135K points instead of 105K. I got it when I tried to upgrade from Cat 1-5 to Cat 7 (I had 60K points for the upgrade, it took the agent a while to process it, the agent came back saying I needed another extra 30K points for the upgrade but they gave them to me anyways as a goodwill for my patience during the call)

Think I can convert it to regular P910 or NC5-105 QP91 certificate and get 30K points back ?

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It's astonishing to see that nobody seems to want to stay 7 nights in one hotel (including myself). For me, it is worth upgrading to the cat 7 as it covers peak time redemption as well.

I much prefer to travel during peak time, as it is much more fun to me.

I have an old cat 7 (now a Cat 5) Travel Package Certificate that I'm trying to use as at SPG hotel Cat 5..... not having much luck. Getting lots of different answers... varying from "call back in a month or so" to "these are not valid at SPG properties" ... being bounced back between SPG and Marriott. What a mess. Definitely not "Ready for Prime Time"

I beleive, most of them are single or 20-something people who travel to big cities.

I have a partner and we like to spend our 7 nights at beach destinations (eg: Hawaii, Bali, Seychelles) as you can do a different activity each day (beach, snorkel, boat tour, surf..)

One can also use the "HQ" technique to get advantage of the 7 nights: Stay in Osaka or Kyoto and do day trips in the Kansai Kobe and Hiroshima area since they are easily reachable by bullet train.

What is my best option for a previous cat 9 certificate? What could I expect to be refunded? Has anyone had any luck attaching to a reservation they made prior to the rate change? For example a 7 night that used to cost 270k, but now costs 300k+?

What would the cost be to upgrade to a cat 7?

When traveling with children, the logistics of frequent moves is much more complicated than when traveling solo. Because of the amount of equipment involved, my family rarely take less than 7-night ski trips. Between beach and ski trips, I have never found it difficult to utilize all 7 nights of a travel package.

It'll be harder than usual but not sure anyone needs "good luck" to find it. Unless you're talking St Regis Bora Bora or the Al Maha.

I'm fortunate that during my years staying at Marriotts I've earned enough Travel Packages to cover *most* of the world's cities where I do want to spend seven nights. But I will admit, it gets tougher after a while...

In the new program, the value leverage you get on the FF mile portion of the TP's is much, much less. I suspect most of my future Marriott redemptions will be five-nighters, which opens up a lot more travel scenarios for me. That's closer to the length of stay we'd do for a beach destination, for example.

I just can't get over the lack of communication. It's honestly mind blowing. No emails to package holders before a month-long blackout, no notice of any rule changes, no information on what happens to floater packages until it's already happened. Then the fixes are just as bad! It's been nine days since "Marriott Rewards Insider" and "Starwood Lurker IV" posted that the 30,000 refunds would happen and the blackout period for travel packages has ended. Nine days later and link we're supposed to request refunds through has been edited so it no longer has a dropdown for the package deals that we were told to fillout! No CSR's seem to have any clue about this happening and then "unhappening", the blackout period is still in place for all intents and purposes, yet some customers are able to HUCA until a CSR mashed it through the system. What a clusterf#&%

Isn't that the whole point of peak rates? Plus, travel packs are great for peak season travel