[2018] NEW 5-Night Travel Package Values for Marriott timeshare owners via Marriott Rewards

[kds4]

I got 30,000 Bonvoy points back when changed OC6 to NC 1-4 (7 night package with 120,000 BA Avios)
Then I upgraded the NC 1-4 to NC 5 and charged 60,000 Bonvoy points.

Have just booked a 7 night stay next June into an Emerald Sea View Room at the Domes Miramare, Corfu, Greece - currently Cat 5 Adults Only Luxury Collection Resort. Hotel has a boat which takes you to Corfu Town so am very excited.

To get all of the above sorted took a lot of time and effort as the US Bonvoy dept originally charged me 90,000 extra Bonvoy but I fought it with the UK Bonvoy dept and after 3 calls and a lot of complaining they re-funded me 30,000.

It still seems that there is a lot of discrepancy going on regarding these travel packages.

They charged you 60k to go from NC-4 to NC-5? If you look at the difference in the redemption charts, those packages are only 40k apart. I would be balking if they demanded 60k (which is 20k more than their published values).

 

[jtp1947]

I got 15K back converting from the OC6 to NC1-4. Cancellation would have gotten me 30K. I think this only occurred with OC6 and OC8(?) that were caught in the middle or the restructuring.

Correct re: OC8. I converted it to a NC5 and received a 30K refund. My other choice was to upgrade it to a NC6 and pay 30K more.

 

[Norcal5]

I extended two Category 7 packages, which they turned into two of their equal, the new Category 5. Strangely, the representative credited me 40,000 points for each one. I told her they were the same, I was only extending, and she explained that that’s what they were supposed to do.

 

[dioxide45]

Really, if you just want the air miles, it would make sense to do the five night package and get 100,000 miles for 270,000 and then cancel the hotel certificate and get 5,000 back. This is better than just converting points to miles at 3:1. Of course, there is value in the certificate. This 3:1 conversion ratio is why Marriott always gave back a paltry amount of points for the hotel portion if you cancelled the certificate. They didn't want people getting around the 3:1 ratio on straight points to miles conversions so they would reprice the transaction as to if it was a straight points to miles instead of a travel package. In a travel package they are discounting the price of the hotel stay, not discounting the price of the miles.

 

[NJDave]

I had a old category 6 that needed to be converted and extended. I was offered to either downgrade to a new category 4 and receive 15K points or to upgrade to a new category 5 and pay 20K points. I took the alternative for the upgrade to a new category 5 for 20K points.

 

[kds4]

Prior to the great loyalty program merger of 2018 (aka The Big Bonvoy), I redeemed six 5 night travel packages (4 Category 6 and 2 Category 1-5). I was able to turn the 4 that were Cat 6 into new Cat 5 (because of some anticipated travel plans in 2019), but I left the 2 Category 1-5 accommodation certificates alone. They were due to expire on 7/31/19. Over the week-end, I was able to call and have them converted from OC-5 to NC-4 (which was no cost), but the benefit was getting another use year as they now expire at the end of July 2020. If I cannot use them by then, I will look at extending them (and/or upgrading to extend them). I know people have had mixed results with upgrading, but that is why it is worthwhile if you do not get a knowledgeable and/or cooperative CSR to hang-up and call back. It took several calls to get my OC-6 turned into NC-5 (and not NC-4), but we got it done.