Marriott sucks.

So earlier this week, I had, what I thought, was the GREATEST IDEA EVER. The GIE was this: James has 137,000 Marriot points from his many trips to the Philippines. Instead of going on the fabulous free trip we had planned, we would have our imaginary wedding at a Marriott and use the points to pay for some of it! Brilliant, right? 130,000 points is enough for SEVEN nights at Category 6 hotel (the highest is 7). The figures out to be around $2200 if you paid in cash. So today I emailed Marriott, just to see if you could use points for something other than a room. They quickly responded saying, why yes you can! Here is what available:

$250 Certificate to Use Towards Meeting Cost = 50,000 points
$500 Certificate to Use Towards Meeting Cost = 100,000 points

Un-freaking-believable. I am so annoyed.