The coronavirus situation has had a huge impact on travel to & from Asia, and we’ve seen all kinds of travel brands issue waivers. A few days ago World of Hyatt announced that they'd proactively extend status for those in Asia Pacific, and now Marriott Bonvoy is following in their footsteps. Marriott has announced that…
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Some south east asian countries and north asian countries (Singapore, Thailand, Japan, Korea, etc) are affected as badly or worse than Hong Kong and should be given extensions too.
I think all the chains are going to have to offer this globally for all members sometime before the end of this year. Probably sooner than later.
Any reason people couldn't just change their address to a Chinese address in their profile?
Greater China title is problematic because it appears to side with the mainland Chinese claim of Taiwan. Better to just use China, Taiwan, HK.
Marriott already announced, its based on address of 2/1/2020.
Therefore changing your address to China at this moment will not help.
I was thinking the same thing for some airlines. I usually have 2-3 RTs to China or Taiwan per year which usually significantly help my MQD on Delta to keep Diamond. My first 2 have been cancelled already and I won't be able to make those up.
@derek the legit name of Taiwan regime is 'Republic of China'. dont's see any reason it's fuss worthy.
Agree that Greater China is a poor word choice here, and thinking that “Republic of China” = China shows how uninformed some people are of Chinese history. You boomers can be so out of touch.
Such a horrible situation.
Cancelled 4 China/HKG trips or connections so far, and now focusing on meetings in other Asia destinations, rerouting via Tokyo or Australia (being oneworld)...one with a double connection on Malaysia Airlines.
Work pals in Shanghai advised it’s their 14th day of being able to work/live only from home. Hard to imagine.
So what about those living in Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia, even Australia who call the greater South East Asia / Pacific region their home or people in Europe, The Middle East, North America who frequently visit countries in Asia and stay at Marriott properties. The company should do proper research on regional/global impact and travel patterns before making such decisions. All it does, it will decrease loyalty of people who are outside of these three countries, but have been staying across Marriott's properties in the region for years. It costs them nothing to extend memberships by a year globally, all it does it drives loyalty. Disappointing outcome.
@tobias I thought I was the only one thinking along these lines.
I cannot understand the logic behind extending elite status for 12 months for only a few countries. I mean terrible the virus, scary also. But why extend only for some countries. First of all, in a month or 2 everything will be normal again. Second it seems unfair to extend only those few countries and it will devalue the program and cause people from other countries to think again.
I don't understand. Other Asian countries including Korea, Japan, Singapore etc,. are as badly affected as those countries you decided to give extension to. For some countries, even worse...