2 things for me about the upcoming couple months. 1) I have a 7 week gig in the middle of nowhere (so of course there's no Starwoood), but I'd rather stay at a Marriott property anyways. As is mentioned in the Hyatt v. Starwood thread, Starwood Platinum benefits just don't really make me want to stay there. Granted, I'll re-up on platinum in 2 more stays, but they were mainly 1-2 night stays, not weeks at a time. 2) Marriott's megabonus plus the "Choose your reward" promo will net me more than 50k points, plus the next megabonus will net me another 40k. To me, Starwood doesn't reward long stays, just like this FWN promo, very sad.