The biggest change was already announced concerning not receiving in-hotel benefits or stay credit with reservations booked on third-party web sites.
There will, no doubt, be some airline transfer ratio changes once the contracts are signed as well as some property category changes once that has been determined.
Other than that, I wouldn't expect anything else.
Sincerely,
William R. Sanders
Customer Service Coordinator
Starwood Preferred Services
[email protected]
[This message has been edited by Starwood Lurker (edited Dec 23, 2003).]