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I AGREE. I WAS A VERY HAPPY MARRIOTT OWNER FOR 20 YEARS. HAD MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY AND EVEN MY BOSS ALL BUY UNITS TOO. IN THE "GLORY DAYS" WE WERE GIVEN AND PROMISED THE MOON AND THEY DELIVERED FOR ABOUT 10 YEARS. SINCE THEN, EACH YEAR I WAIT TO SEE WHAT ELSE THEY ARE GOING TO DO THAT WILL DEPRECIATE THE VALUE OF MY INVESTMENT. AT FIRST WE GOT A FREE RENTAL CAR FOR A WEEK AND FREE AIRFARE FOR TWO TO ANYWHERE AND A 1 HOUR LONG DISTANCE PHONE CARD AS WELL AS 1 WEEK IN ANY- AND I MEAN ANY- MARRIOTT HOTEL IN THE WORLD. ALL FOR 200,000 POINTS. IT WAS A HUGE PUSH IN THE SALES PRESENTATIONS THAT THE UNITS TRADED BLIND. YOU COULD TRADE YOUR UNIT FOR ANY MARRIOTT UNIT OR HOTEL. WE STAYED AT SOME OF THE MOST LUXURIOUS MARRIOTTS. MILAN, ROME, KO OLINA, JW MARRIOTT HONG KONG AND MORE. NOW THE WAY THEY HAVE CHANGED THE PROGRAM, I CAN HARDLY EXCHANGE FOR A COURTYARD. I BOUGHT LOWER VALUE UNITS PRECISELY BECAUSE THEY TRADED BLIND. WHY BUY THE MORE EXPENSIVE ONES? THEN THEY CHANGED THE ENTIRE PROGRAM. TOOK AWAY PHONE CARD FIRST, THEN RENTAL CAR. THEN RAISED THE POINTS TO 250,000 FOR DOMESTIC FLIGHTS ONLY AND STARTED CATEGORIZING MY UNITS AS UNDESIRABLE AND NOT QUALIFIED ANY MORE TO STAY AT THE BEST HOTELS AND TIME SHARES. AND NOW THIS POINTS THING. THEY JUST KEEP COMING UP WITH WAYS TO SCREW ME. I AM SOOOO EMBARRASSED THAT I RECOMMENDED THIS TO PEOPLE AND NOW THEY ARE ALSO STUCK WITH IT.