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The smallest unit size at the Beach Club is a 2BR. THe old point prices were based on a studio/hotel size unit and to actually book the Beach Club it would have cost two additional upgrades (5000 each). So it would have previously cost 45,000 to book a 2BR at the Beach Club. Now the new point requirements are actually priced based on the smallest unit size at the resort. So the increase is really only 5000 points per night, not 15,000.I'm a little confused on the category changes. If I go to Marriott.com and look at the two Marriott properties in St. Kitts, it shows both of them as being category 7. If you look at the new points chart, the Beach Club, currently at 35,000 points per night is going up to 50,000/night and will now be category 6. The St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino is currently at 35,000 points/night, remaining at 35,000/night and it's new category will be 5. I mistakenly believed if the points stayed the same, then the category stayed the same, but I now understand that's not the case. In my example, the St. Kitts Marriott Resort & Royal Beach Casino won't be changing the number of points/night and the new category is 5, so I was assuming the old category was also 5. I'm now sorry I bought the travel package with the cat 1-5 certificate.
Is there any chart that shows the old category and the new category for each hotel? Right now I've been going to marriott.com and looking up the category by selecting points to fake-book a room somewhere. Do I just divide the old points/night by 5000 to get the old category?
Marriott is also going from having nine categories to only eight. They have adjusted the point levels for all the categories. See the very first post for the chart that shows old and new price levels for all the properties. I don't thin it shows the old categories, but you should be able to tell based on the current point requirement.