How to Use Your Current Travel Package Certificate Prior to 8/18
Aug 16, 2018, 5:55 am
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Sorry, that's an absolutely ridiculous position to take particularly when at no time did the actual agents of Marriott Corporation who were selling the certificates communicate this during the sale of these instruments.
Aug 16, 2018, 5:58 am
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You are the one with a ridiculously whiny position. Get over it
Aug 16, 2018, 7:50 am
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Aug 16, 2018, 7:53 am
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But many of us are long-time Starwood customers and may have purchased Marriott travel packages with the intention of use at a Starwood property. And this is not permitted until after Sept. 18. So unless Marriott allows changes in certificate category Starwood loyalists are really being disadvantaged relative to Marriott members. I think Marriott has done a good job up to now of treating Starwood customers fairly, so I am hopeful they will rethink the travel package guidance and allow at least a one-time adjustment to the legacy certificates.
Aug 16, 2018, 8:47 am
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But many of us are long-time Starwood customers and may have purchased Marriott travel packages with the intention of use at a Starwood property. And this is not permitted until after Sept. 18. So unless Marriott allows changes in certificate category Starwood loyalists are really being disadvantaged relative to Marriott members. I think Marriott has done a good job up to now of treating Starwood customers fairly, so I am hopeful they will rethink the travel package guidance and allow at least a one-time adjustment to the legacy certificates.
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Aug 16, 2018, 9:28 am
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That’s an even riskier gamble. TPs were never available for redemption at SPG properties, nobody said pre-merger certs would be able to be used on the SPG side after the programs merge and, I suspect, Marriott is not going to allow that in the solution they are coming up with.
Aug 16, 2018, 10:28 am
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That’s an even riskier gamble. TPs were never available for redemption at SPG properties, nobody said pre-merger certs would be able to be used on the SPG side after the programs merge and, I suspect, Marriott is not going to allow that in the solution they are coming up with.
Aug 16, 2018, 10:31 am
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That’s an even riskier gamble. TPs were never available for redemption at SPG properties, nobody said pre-merger certs would be able to be used on the SPG side after the programs merge and, I suspect, Marriott is not going to allow that in the solution they are coming up with.
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Aug 16, 2018, 10:47 am
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That’s an even riskier gamble. TPs were never available for redemption at SPG properties, nobody said pre-merger certs would be able to be used on the SPG side after the programs merge and, I suspect, Marriott is not going to allow that in the solution they are coming up with.
Aug 16, 2018, 11:32 am
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That's not correct. We have been told that there will be no SPG as of the 18th. By virtue of that information, all properties will be eligible for the TP's after that. Absent any specific statement from Marriott to the contrary I don't know why you would say otherwise. They have said all certs will be tied to a set point amount (say 25k or 35k) and will be eligible at every property with standard room availability at those point levels.
This is the the precise reason that Marriott advised us to use the TPs now. Not to wait to attach those to the shinny ripe fruits we all aiming for now.
Aug 16, 2018, 12:07 pm
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That is certainly possible, although if you have the points then you can make a 7 night points reservation and then transfer it to the cert after the quiet period. For Marriott properties we may be able to book speculatively as well if they are handled the same as now.
Aug 16, 2018, 12:28 pm
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Perhaps I am missing the importance of attaching a certificate to a reservation prior to 8/18 in the only message sent directly to customers by Marriott and Starwood. Although I find useful information on FT and some blogs, what I read isn't always an accurate reflection of official policy. The information the Lurker posted earlier about floating certificates being converted to equivalent points is not the same as what was sent to us a few days ago. When a company makes a major change to some aspect of a program, I believe that it should be communicated more than a couple of days in advance of the impending change by Email and/or its website and not indirectly through social media.
"If you currently have a Travel Package Certificate that’s not yet attached to a hotel reservation, you have the following options:
- If you know when you want to travel, make a new reservation or attach your certificate to an existing one prior to August 18, 2018.
- If you are still trying to plan that perfect trip, you can hold onto the certificate and will be able to add it to a reservation starting September 18, 2018."
"If you currently have a Travel Package Certificate that’s not yet attached to a hotel reservation, you have the following options:
- If you know when you want to travel, make a new reservation or attach your certificate to an existing one prior to August 18, 2018.
- If you are still trying to plan that perfect trip, you can hold onto the certificate and will be able to add it to a reservation starting September 18, 2018."
Aug 16, 2018, 12:50 pm
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That is certainly possible, although if you have the points then you can make a 7 night points reservation and then transfer it to the cert after the quiet period. For Marriott properties we may be able to book speculatively as well if they are handled the same as now.
Booking speculatively with points is beyond this thread. This is about TP.
Aug 16, 2018, 3:35 pm
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