<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by lintemut:
I don't think you will find any kind of agreement on which program treats there members the best, especially at the lower levels. What you will find is that certain hotels within a program will try very hard to accomadate their program members? So maybe a better question would be, "I am staying in these cities x,y,z. Which hotels treat their members the best?"</font>
Actually, I have found all of the reponses to be extremely helpful in making my travel decisions. Thanks to everyone for posting.
For those who are curious, I am going to switch my business from Marriott to Hyatt and Hilton, and will report back on my experiences. In that regard, I note both Hyatt (Dallas) and Hilton (Chicago) treated me better last week in contrast to Marriott's lack of service during 9 nights over the past year at various Marriott properties.