As much as I'm not thrilled about Marriott's takeover of Starwood (or perhaps more accurately, I don't like competition being eliminated), there's no denying that the leadership at the company has been doing a fantastic job with the integration. Since the day the merger has closed, Marriott has allowed members to match status between programs,…
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just ordered a travel package and asked about the combined program. (even though i know first line reps don't know much) but it was interesting to hear that "their" meetings say early 2018 is not going to happen, mostly like end of 2018.
Good to know I've got at least another 18 months with my Amex SPGs. They'll pry these from my cold dead hands.
One can only hope that this former SPG Exec is not going to engineer a second failure at MR, because I believe that regardless of what bloggers claim (maybe because of their claims), Marriott Rewards is a stable, mature and rewarding program designed for EVERYONE.
Heck, I got this just the other day from United MileagePlus, so I do have personal interest in seeing MR remain mature, stable and fluff-less:
"DOUBLE STATUS LOOKS GOOD ON YOU!
Enjoy another year of complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status. We’re pleased to announce that your Marriott Rewards® Gold Elite status has been automatically renewed for 2017. Now you can look forward to another year of great benefits in Marriott® properties worldwide.
Your 2017 benefits include:*
■ 25% bonus on Rewards Base Points
■ Lounge access
■ Enhanced Wi-Fi
■ Guaranteed late checkout – as late as 4 p.m.
■ And much more" [like unlimited complimentary suite upgrades]
🙂
the pointsguy stole your story without giving you credit !! you should sue them!
http://thepointsguy.com/2017/02/flueck-to-lead-combined-program/
Marriott sucks. if they mess this up. they will lose a platinum member
and @DCS you are gold not platinum your opinion does not matters ! good day
DCS is such a useless contrarian cunt. I have top level status at every hotel and spend almost 300 nights on the road. The order of programs is as follows:
1) Hyatt
2) SPG/Marriott
3) HIlton
4) .....Doesn't matter, the rest are shit.
Only Hyatt gives you confirmed suit upgrades. DCS will bang on about how he gets them because he acts like a relentless cunt to the front desk staff, but that won't help you 8 months out when you want to make sure you get a suite for your family at the Park Hyatt NY (done, for US Open finals weekend, bitch).
Can I block him somehow? My country is run by the world's biggest cunt and I'm trying to cut down on my daily intake of horrible cunt exposure.
As long as he doesn't turn it into a garbage program like Hilton (hot new loyalty benefit - use your points at Amazon!) I think the ex-SPGers will be ok.
I find it interesting that Ritz-Carlton will be lumped into the same loyalty program as Fairfield Inn and Four Points by Sheraton. I would think instead St. Regis and Ritz-Carlton would receive their own loyalty programs.
Dear @OMAAT:
Poster @DCS's FATHER on February 28, 2017 at 5:30 pm has gone beyond the pale (farther than usual), and only one unhinged poster has had multiple identities on this board. He comments under one of those identities and then turns around and posts as his usual self in support of his alter ego. If you think that's unhinged, it's because it. It is time to get rid of the insanity...
G'day.
@Lee -- If there is a program in which Golds and Plats enjoy the same benefits, it's MR and NOT HH, as bloggers have claimed for years. So, g'day to you too!
LOL don't flatter yourself DCS. I only post under one name - every single time.
No, you've just created a lot of enemies across the blogs with your lies, insults, obfuscation, and demagoguery. Congrats!
Marriott downgraded Platinum PREMIER members from United GOLD to Silver this year without notice. Despite emails and numberous forums, no PP member has received an actual answer. Can you help??
As an SPG Lifetime Platinum member who was/is concerned about elite status with the new combined program…it gives me some relief to see that someone from SPG will be heading the new combined program(s). Keeping fingers crossed.
One other comment – wondering if they will keep Ritz Carleton Rewards as a separate entity? If so…then what about St. Regis/Luxury Collection ? Or a combination of the three? Or what about traditional Marriott Brands and SPG brands? Who knows!
@UA-NYC: "No, you’ve just created a lot of enemies across the blogs with your lies, insults, obfuscation, and demagoguery. Congrats!"
That is the perpetual "argumentum ad populi" fallacy that sustains your fantasies about DCS. But to me the psychopathology is just a bit too strong now, so it is time to give you the treatment that I know drives you even higher up the wall. You are one "enemy" I am going to give the "silent treatment" starting now, under whatever moniker you will decide to post to get my attention. I can smell you under any disguise because no one is as unhinged...
Unlike you, I can ignore you, which your psychopathology won't allow you to do about me. So, the only place I am going to see you from now on is up the wall.
GOOD BYE
Hmmm - the new policy to remove objectionable posts might start here with DCS? Language my boy! Tsk!
@Alan sez: "Hmmm – the new policy to remove objectionable posts might start here with DCS? Language my boy! Tsk!"
Tsk. You mean ignoring this comment from "@DCS's FATHER" that OMAAT incredibly let through, "DCS is such a useless contrarian cunt.", which is nowhere near as crude as anything I wrote in RESPONSE?
I am seriously considering taking leave of these increasingly unhinged boards, and do only selective postings of my greatest debunking "hits" as warranted. Travel blogosphere is rapidly losing its appeal to me. It may be time to get out before the "swamp" gets any higher.
@DCS - "I am seriously considering taking leave of these increasingly unhinged boards"
Good, don't let the door hit you in the rear on the way out!
@Brian L - amen to that my brother! Maybe he can retreat to InsideFlyer where he rants about SPG/Starwood nonstop and no one ever comments on his posts 🙂
@Brial L -- I did not wish or need to name who was "unhinged" because I was sure they'd out themselves, so thank you for validating me. I am not at all concerned about the door on the way out which is, in fact, looking increasingly welcoming...
@DCS Please feel free to take a long vacation from these blogs. We could all use it.
Will the total number of nights from stays at Starwood properties transfer over to Marriott? I am about 75 nights away from lifetime platinum, but I know I have about 100 in Starwood. Wanted to see if I could expect it this year as opposed to doing it the hard way? Thanks.