There are two pieces of information regarding Marriott’s acquisition of Starwood Preferred Guest. Firstly they are having a big event on April 16th:
Flyertalk user coltonatx then shared the following information regarding the joint loyalty program:
- All members will earn 10 points per dollar spent
- There will be five status tiers:
- Silver status at 10 nights
- Gold status at 25 nights
- Platinum status at 50 nights
- Platinum Premier status at 75 nights
- Ambassador program at 100 nights and $20,000 in spend
- Free breakfast (unknown which status level) will be “expanded to 25 brands and resorts.”
Currently you need 25 nights for gold with SPG or 50 nights with Marriott. You need 50 nights for Platinum with SPG and 75 nights with Marriott. I doubt you’ll be able to get free breakfast or lounge access with gold status under the new program, I’d expect that at Platinum level or possibly even higher. I suspect the big event will be announcing all of this formally. There are also some ramblings that direct transfers between Marriott & SPG will end on this April 16th date (sorry the rumblings are about SPG transfers to airlines ending, not SPG to Marriott & Vice Versa). Very unsure how accurate it is, but something to keep in mind. It’s also worth remembering that SPG/Marriott have already announced plans for co-branded cards with both Chase & American Express. If you’re looking for advice on what to do when it comes to the current cards, read this.
Hat tip to US Credit Card & /r/churning
I’ll be obtaining lifetime platinum status, with Marriott, by late November. Will I be grandfathered into platinum premier lifetime status. Or do I have to have platinum lifetime status by August. I heard you have until the end of 2018 to achieve this elevated status level. Does anyone know these details.
Where is the info coming from that transfers to airlines ends on 4/16 ?
Few different places, nothing very reliable.
i JUST checked into a marriott and used my SPG card.. teller at the desk said — make sure you have linked your accounts, I cant say much but the merge is going to happen soon. lol I was like w/e then I saw this.
I am a new to this so I am asking for some advice. If I want to travel to Asia and visit multiple destinations via air, which airlines would be most advantageous/economical for me to redeem my SPG points with? I live in Hawaii.
There’s going to be a lot of bad blood between Marriott and their new Starwood loyalty members if they kill the ability to transfer SPG points to travel partners with no notice…..
And I hope it blows up in their faces if they do go through with it
Big question: How does this devaluation of Platinum level at Marriott affect Lifetime Platinum members? One would hope that with 750 nights and 2 million points the lifetime level would rate Platinum premier or Ambassador. Also, what will be the new threshold for reaching the lifetime levels?
10 points per dollar earning rate means 1 thing for sure…Starpoints are going away.
What does this mean for amex plat holders? No mo breakfast?
AF just posted on SPG yesterday, so I’ve got time to decide to keep it. I use it only for MSing, easily hitting 30k for gold status to SPG/Marriott. Taking away breakfast for golds for the remainder of 2018/19 would be strike one. I redeem SPG at 1:3 to Marriott for the vacation packages, we’ll see what happens on April 16 before I do anything.
Then hope Hyatt can open the match of Globalist soon.