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Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
I responded in the thread where you posted this in the SPG forum.
How are you planning to maintain MR Gold with credit cards, given your apparent travel patterns?
MR Gold is generally more difficult to obtain than SPG Gold, and MR Silver gives almost nothing.[/QUOTE]
This may be a true statement, however, SPG gold is virtually nothing and barely recognizable. Therefore, unless you can maintain SPG top tier status your membership is worth nada.
I would say MR is far better over SPG in gold level service, benefits, locations to choose from, and redemptions. The OP may consider the event planner to maintain status at MR as well.
Very true about difficulty maintaining gold status with Marriott if I continue with my SPG credit card. I originally started out thinking I would switch my credit card back to MR. The gold rewards are great--I just received them in NYC. Marriott has more locations. I usually use my points in large cities where Marriott and Starwood both have a presence. I can get a lot more nights from 100,000 points in a Westin compared to a similar Marriott.