In your previous post, you said they dont give "nothin" for "nothin". Unfortunately, I provided a counterexample to this statement--the fact that my sister got silver for nothing, thus proving you WRONG. Now you are modifying your statement to "they don't give platinum away for nothing." Since you now have a history of lying, we have no reason to believe you. Obviously, you don't seem to have a clue about how Marriott does their marketing, since you keep changing your generalizations. I believe you are acting out of jealousy--the fact that you spent lots of money to earn it, and you are jealous and/or angry that pitflyer got it for next to nothing. Well, NEWSFLASH-airlines do it all the time--I could get high/midlevel tier status on any airline I choose because of the comping, so why can't hotels do it?

[This message has been edited by MaineFlyer16 (edited 11-16-2002).]