not at all...no one asked me to edit or not post in this thread...let's just say the room at times has been fairly right on with suggestions or coming enhancements........but at times they have been off

Under Hyatt's Gold Passport rewards the schedule includes options for upgrades -- both to suites and club level (which will be found in their resorts).

Trouble is that the Ts and Cs mandate that any upgrade must be from a rack or close-to-rack rate (whcih can be mighty pricey).

So, all-in-all, I'd just as soon take my chances in a Marriott resort for a complimentary upgrade (and/or) breakfast.

And once-and-awhile it's not unknown that a relative pittance will net a suite upgrade. My wife still smiles when recalling our upgrade (@ $30. per night), in the Curacao Marriott Resort for one of their one bedroom "*terrace suites."

*These days much, much pricier.

The song I'm whistling is "happy days are here again"

Socrates whistling and all I decided to post my question here rather than start a new thread .

I have an unused hotel portion of the 087 package award and will like to know if I can use (or is it possible) this at one of the Vacation Clubs. I know officially it cant be done, however, the point requirement for the vacation club is actually lower than the normal cat 6 stay - so it got me thinking, just maybe its possible.

How about suite u/g's? Guess thats why im moving 50% of my stays to Hyatt!

yes you can use points for suite upgrades (as well as room upgrades)

MVCI's inventory is controlled very well for the benefits of the owners - the GM's actually have minimal control over their inventory for this vary reason so with that said if it's again the rules for the package award unfortunately it wont be possible

Personally, I'd avoid lockoffs ("guest room") at MVCI. Most FFI's I've stayed in are better. A master (1BR) is a bit cheaper than a Cat6 and a decent deal, depending on resort. That's likely what I'd go for, if targeting MVCI.
Socrates is correct about room management. We owners get first dibs. However, many villas are surrendered to Marriott for points as well as for rental and go into Marriott's room pool. Also, MVCI has many "developer owned" villas (unsold stock) which also are available. There is more flexibility there.

My personal opinion is to always book the standard room (revenue or points) and make any upgrade deals directly with the room manager/GM at the property after arriving and perusing their room stock. I've had enough negative experiences to now follow this process. Likely said somewhere prior, but points can only be used to upgrade a reward reservation, at least according to the T&C's...

https://www.marriott.com/rewards/usepoints/hotelrmup.mi

Pat

According to the T&C's (https://www.marriott.com/rewards/ter...rms.mi#upgrade), you can use points to upgrade on a paid stay.

MR makes it impossible to do so. How do you do it? Hyatt is easy...reserve, done.

MR is "if we FEEL like letting you u/g, you will be able to!" Then again, what else can you expect from a company that cant even link awards to stays properly..STILL!

I already have a reservation using points for the MVCI - just need to Marriot to change the award type - thats all .

Same process at MI, you can use either award 010 on reward or paid stays, or you can choose to pay for the upgrade on reward stays