Hey, was there any official anouncement that MR will terminate elite buy back ? After beeing many years plattinum elite I just realised that there was no email notification about ,
Very dissapointed, I miss it out to mentain the status by 17 nights, if Marriott would play fair and anounce this on time in 2017 it would not be a issue to reach the requested nights.
time to give Hilton and Hyatt a chance ,
In a Back to the Future sports betting technique, on November 28th, 2017 Marriott broke the news to us that the Status Buy Back would end in April 2017 (wouldn't it be nice if we too could go back in time and say, "I'd like to reserve a week at the Category 5 Essex House in New York City"?
Here's the announcement and the sleight of hand magic trick ("hey Insiders, look at the shiny Elite Rollover Nights part of the announcement and forget that the Buy Back is already dead; thank you, your pals at Marriott").
Your End-of-Year Program Preview
2017 is the final year for Elite Rollover Nights and Status Buy Back. This means any 2017 nights earned in excess of Elite requirements will roll over toward 2018 status, but excess nights earned in 2018 will not roll over toward 2019 status.
I'll alert the folks at Hilton and Hyatt that you're on your way .