I was not getting into the relative merits of either program as they both have their pluses and minuses as do all frequency programs; rather, I was just commenting on that poster's lament of the "watering down" of Marriott and its elites and his belief that HHonors is better.

It certainly is not -- given his vein of thinking -- when one can earn top tier in a way he finds horrific -- although it certainly does not offend me -- by purely credit card spend.

NJ