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Old Oct 22, 2008 | 7:57 am
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Mort
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Clearwater, FL
Programs: Marriott Lifetime Plat.
Posts: 299
Originally Posted by TaleChaser
Just started traveling for business this year, read FT to decide what hotel chain to go with, have never had status anywhere before. I did 103 nights so far this year in Marriott and and now I fear that I may as well have gone with Hilton.

Maybe I am so new at this that I don't understand why you would want to make your most loyal customers and biggest advocates angry? I recruited 4 other guys in my company from Hilton to Marriott because of MR this year and now I look like a jerk. Thanks!
Ditto. Three months ago I did a big study on which program to use, and switched to Marriott from Hilton. And signed up for the Visa. And booked a ton of rooms.

With the new "enhancements", I wouldn't have switched. So I'll probably just go back to HHonors. It's frustrating. My annual level of travel gets me to Diamond in Hilton, but only Gold in Marriott. It sure looks like the Golds are getting the short end of the stick.
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