Originally Posted by
hhoope01
Just so I understand you correctly, you are saying you would have preferred Marriott to NOT hand out a 50% bonus to Plats and to have said we are increaseing points for awards? (I read it that way based on your seeming approval of Hilton's approach over Marriott's.)
Both Marriott and Hilton followed a similar approach: a devaluation paired with an upward nudge in points earning. HH added an easy Diamond path for current non-Diamonds (granted, the Surpass card emerged a few months before the devaluation, but I guess we should have seen the writing on the wall). Marriott added an enhancement which appears mostly genuine - the removal of the "Stay Anytime" award.
My biggest problem with the HH devaluation was that they dropped an en masse Category shift on top of it. It's a double-whammy, unless they move some Cat 7's back to 6 and some 6's back to 5. (4's on down are less relevant.)