User feiliujun posted the following images on chinese message board bbs showing the ability to link yout SPG & Marriott accounts and also the fact that SPG points will transfer to Marriott at a 1:3 ratio:
In addition to showing the transfer rate, this image also shows what the status match levels will be:
- SPG Regular: Marriott Silver Elite
- SPG Gold: Marriott Gold Elite
- SPG Platinum: Marriott Platinum Elite
Personally I think this transfer rate seems to make sense (at least from a credit card perspective) the standard bonus on SPG card is 25,000 points and on Marriott it’s typically 80,000 points (with the annual fee as well). A 1:1 rate would be leave all SPG customers incredibly angry and a rate of 1:2 wouldn’t be much better. I’d still prefer 1 SPG point to 3 Marriott points, but I wouldn’t be terribly unhappy with this conversion.
My independent sources are saying all of this will be confirmed tomorrow. We shall have to wait and see. What are your thoughts on the status match and also 1:3 transfer rate?
Hat tip to feiliujun on bbs and /r/churning for pointing me there
