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
Jul 30, 2018, 10:12 am
#4427
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: SFO
Posts: 642
1 week exactly today since requesting UA miles. Will call again but not sure what other info I will get.
Jul 30, 2018, 10:16 am
#4428
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 48
A more 'doomsday' scenario, from the people on this forum's perspective, where your travel packages are redeemed (but you get a 1:1 conversion from Marriott points to Avios which is very beneficial from a FFP perspective):
https://www.headforpoints.com/2018/0...age-arbitrage/
This repeats the points made here from someone who has discussed it directly with Marriott, as much as it may not be a good result for many here.
https://www.headforpoints.com/2018/0...age-arbitrage/
This repeats the points made here from someone who has discussed it directly with Marriott, as much as it may not be a good result for many here.
Guilty!
Last edited by AbelianGrape; Jul 30, 2018 at 10:29 am
Jul 30, 2018, 10:20 am
#4429
Join Date: Aug 2014
Location: WAS
Programs: UA Platinum, AA Gold
Posts: 93
Where's the best place to learn about the rules about sharing points between accounts when booking a package? I'd like to use a family member's points but have the airline miles go to my account. At this point it's too late to transfer the points using SPG (we don't live at the same address). Is it possible to do the sharing when booking the package, even if we're at separate addresses?
Jul 30, 2018, 10:34 am
#4431
Join Date: Dec 2017
Posts: 746
That's my read as well; it's basically, "Yes, we'd like to make them certificates with the breakage and inefficient redemptions that implies but we've got much bigger fish to fry and we may just end up refunding everyone's points and calling it done."
Jul 30, 2018, 10:36 am
#4432
Join Date: Apr 2017
Posts: 48
Exactly. But I'm sure Flying for Fun will have some other interpretation.
Jul 30, 2018, 11:43 am
#4433
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
Jul 30, 2018, 12:36 pm
#4434
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
One other thing! Has anybody considered that there may not be provisions for "floating" certificates in the new program? If Marriott choses to be generous and refund 150K unrestricted MR for a "floater" certificate then to be equitable, Marriott would also need to give 105K unrestricted MR to all attached certificates so they have the same worth.
My Cat 1-8 is WORTH 135K MR, the VALUE of my 7N stay is $2100 USD.
James
Last edited by bdschobel; Jul 30, 2018 at 1:29 pm Reason: Come on; please be nicer than that!
Jul 30, 2018, 12:54 pm
#4436
Join Date: Apr 2013
Posts: 225
United update: I bought some TPs on 7/24. Miles haven’t posted. Usually it’s reliably 3 Business days. Called Marriott Rewards. After a 90 minute call, including wait time of 32 minutes, the rep did some digging and Tech Support told her there are some current issues where United is not posting properly. They are working on it. I got a Case Number so I can follow as necessary when I return from a trip.
P.S. I also bought some TPs with Alaska on 7/24. Since they quote a one to two week standard transfer time, we didn’t pursue the status of AS miles.
Hope this is helpful. Cheers.
P.S. I also bought some TPs with Alaska on 7/24. Since they quote a one to two week standard transfer time, we didn’t pursue the status of AS miles.
Hope this is helpful. Cheers.
Jul 30, 2018, 1:19 pm
#4437
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 292
I just did a package and sent the miles to Alaska, I asked for expediting and they called the partner coordinator, who added me to the batch, I was told that the miles batch was being uploaded in a few minutes and that I had really good timing and that I should see the miles in less than 48 hours. My guess, is that they send the miles to AS on Monday's and that you just missed the last batch and was included in this one. This is just my guess... so hopefully you see your miles soon.
Jul 30, 2018, 2:41 pm
#4439
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Delta-DM, United-Platinum, American-Platinum, Marriott-Platinum, SPG-Platinum
Posts: 196
What do people here think the odds are that a legacy Category 9 TP will be redeemable at a new "Category 7" hotel (turning Category 8 in 2019)?
Jul 30, 2018, 3:16 pm
#4440
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Toronto (YYZ)
Posts: 6,279
I think any legacy certificates for category 8, 9 and above will be redeemable at a new category 7. No legacy certificates will be redeemable for category 8.