Originally Posted by
sophiegirl
How would you answer these questions?
1) is consistency important to you? (Marriott)
2) are you staying in mid-tier hotels? (Hilton - Hilton Garden Inn is the best of the mid tiers IMO)
3) Are you happy to be mid tier in multiple programs? (Marriott requires a lot of nights to hit top level, and they do not count stays, only nights)
4) what are your consistent areas of travel? (100% agree that Hyatt is great, but many people find there aren't enough of them to easily make the top tier. And at Hyatt there is a BIG difference between mid and top tier!)
5) is flexibility and suite upgrades important to you? (SPG offers a lot in their program)
Finally - where do you want to be in your OFF time? Ritz Carlton? St Regis? Hyatt Resorts? You want to earn points in a program you will be the happiest spending them!
As you can see - there lots of different things to consider as you develop a strategy - and no one can decide that but you!
FYI - I do Hyatt-Marriott-Hilton.
Good Luck!
Hi Sophie,
thanks for some insightful points. I have been doing the SPG/Hilton route because it was relatively easy to achieve the mid->top tier with both based on "stays". My train of thought was that I'd use SPG for hopefully more of the top tier (St. Regis) and then using Hilton for some of the mid-tier stays when I can't stay at an SPG property.
For the rest of the flyertalk community:
How would you rate a silver/gold tier Marriott vs a gold tier Hilton? (I know this is probably a pretty specific question BUT it looks like if I do switch my secondary hotel chain, it'd be Marriott) Thanks again everyone!