Originally Posted by
flannbarr
The reservation issue turns out to be a nonissue just an inconvenience. The gold elite rewards seem much better with Marriott and they have so many more hotels. Sometimes I just want a Courtyard or Residence Inn and sometimes a JW or RC. Am I thinking about this wrong? I do know that 20,000 Starwood points is typically more valuable than 20,000 Marriott points but that assumes that an appropriate hotel is available.
I think you have to look closely at what you can get for the SPG points. Personally, I frequent a Four Points a lot that is a Category 2 and only requires 3,000 points for a weekend stay. That's monster value compared to what I get with my Marriott Points that require 10,000 for a similar Courtyard nearby. Everyone's situation is unique, it depends on what you can get with your mountain of points. I'm still new on the Marriott scene but have been taking advantage of the stay 2, get one free promos. But once those are maxed, I'm back to SPG where my Plat status gets me a whack of benefits...