Starwood "Preferred Plus" Status
Sep 24, 2016, 1:35 pm
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Starwood "Preferred Plus" Status
So, conveniently enough, I happened to be staying at a Westin the night/morning that this completed merger was announced. Needless to say, I immediately went online to see how my Marriott status would match to SPG. I'm currently just a regular member with Marriott, but I'm one night away from Silver and will reach it when they give me the free qualifying night for my birthday. According to their site, Marriott silver matches to "Preferred Plus." I've never heard of it, and haven't seen it ever discussed or in any SPG awards charts. It doesn't seem to be any different from preferred status except that you seem to get an "enhanced" room at check-in (which I would guess is not the same as a room upgrade). So, what exactly is this status and what is an enhanced room? Am I actually going to be getting anything above what I already get?
Basically, I'll take it, since with the free qualifying night I'll get Marriott silver anyway and I'm not going to turn down whatever status they offer, but my suspicion is that there will be absolutely no change in my actual SPG experience.
Basically, I'll take it, since with the free qualifying night I'll get Marriott silver anyway and I'm not going to turn down whatever status they offer, but my suspicion is that there will be absolutely no change in my actual SPG experience.
Sep 24, 2016, 1:38 pm
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Oops, I just found another thread about this status. Not sure how it didn't come up in a search the first time. Please disregard/delete this thread.
Sep 24, 2016, 2:26 pm
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So, conveniently enough, I happened to be staying at a Westin the night/morning that this completed merger was announced. Needless to say, I immediately went online to see how my Marriott status would match to SPG. I'm currently just a regular member with Marriott, but I'm one night away from Silver and will reach it when they give me the free qualifying night for my birthday. According to their site, Marriott silver matches to "Preferred Plus." I've never heard of it, and haven't seen it ever discussed or in any SPG awards charts. It doesn't seem to be any different from preferred status except that you seem to get an "enhanced" room at check-in (which I would guess is not the same as a room upgrade). So, what exactly is this status and what is an enhanced room? Am I actually going to be getting anything above what I already get?
Basically, I'll take it, since with the free qualifying night I'll get Marriott silver anyway and I'm not going to turn down whatever status they offer, but my suspicion is that there will be absolutely no change in my actual SPG experience.
Basically, I'll take it, since with the free qualifying night I'll get Marriott silver anyway and I'm not going to turn down whatever status they offer, but my suspicion is that there will be absolutely no change in my actual SPG experience.