Crap... I managed to avoid those until this past May when I had to go to Puerto Rico for work. Everything was booked but the Sheraton Casino...which was nice....
Only good thing is the specific card I use for travel is only used for travel so I’ll know right away if anything is wrong with it. Still I should likely ask for a new one.
Marriot just combined their guest-points plans with Starwood properties plan this year. Wonder if this was discovered as part of that conversion process.
A friend recently returned from Europe. When she tried to purchase something (food) with her credit card the purchase was disallowed. All her other cards, which she had not taken to EU, were also blocked. Occurred a couple days ago so I don’t know the follow up information.
Save your cash folks