Is Platinum Breakfast Benefit Gone?
Oct 21, 2014, 8:52 pm
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2010
Posts: 321
Is Platinum Breakfast Benefit Gone?
Did SPG just trade a welcome beverage for breakfast?!
Old description of Platinum benefits:
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...s_landing.html
New description of Platinum benefits:
https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...efits.platinum
Old description of Platinum benefits:
Your choice of a welcome gift with each stay. Choose from bonus Starpoints, continental breakfast (New Option!)2 or local amenities.
New description of Platinum benefits:
Your choice of welcome gift upon arrival — choose from bonus Starpoints, complimentary in-room Internet or a beverage on us.
Oct 21, 2014, 9:09 pm
#2
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 331
I can't speak to the breakfast issue, but I do also find it odd that complimentary internet is now listed as one of the "choices" for a welcome gift. Complimentary internet is still listed as a stand-alone benefit of Plat status further down on the page (its own bullet point).
So there are some odd inconsistencies within the new page itself.
Let's hope that the breakfast omission isn't what it seems on the surface (though personally I almost always take the points)..
So there are some odd inconsistencies within the new page itself.
Let's hope that the breakfast omission isn't what it seems on the surface (though personally I almost always take the points)..
Oct 21, 2014, 9:14 pm
#3
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Alameda, CA, USA
Posts: 4,906
I would be surprised for them to make these changes with no warning, especially so late in the year when a lot of members have requalified based on certain expectations.
Oct 21, 2014, 9:23 pm
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,140
It looks like they inadvertently listed the Gold benefits under Platinum.
Oct 22, 2014, 1:55 am
#5
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
Programs: SPG LT Plat, BA G, BD*LG, MG Blue+ ...
Posts: 16,032
As this turns out to be an error on the new website, rather than a program change, I'll close this thread and log it in the website thread.
/mod
/mod
Oct 25, 2014, 12:39 pm
#6
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Englandshire
Programs: SPG LT Plat, BA G, BD*LG, MG Blue+ ...
Posts: 16,032
Update, website now reads :
Case closed. 
•Your choice of welcome gift upon arrival — choose from 500 bonus Starpoints, continental breakfast or a local amenity.