I have been a HH user for a long time and a Marriott user for close to a decade. The last year or so, I have found myself staying less and less in their properties not due to bad service or bad hotels, but due to rewards.

First let me explain that I did not find their devalue as bad as some others like HH, in terms of overall value, but I did find it pretty rough on someone like me as a traveler. I use the Marriott Chase card, I am a Gold member, but will never get the stays (since it is my 2nd hotel chain of choice) to go higher and really am going to struggle in the future to stay gold unless I move some things around or force some trips that I might not have gone on.

The problem I am running into is that while I very much am fond of the chain, I find their rewards program lackluster. Too many points for mid to quality hotel stays without the crazy earning potential. In turn I have found myself with stays opening up veering towards SPG and even back to HH due to promotions, etc.

I started to price out Hyatt and took a deeper look at their program and it seems as though for less work on my part, I can get more benefits or similar benefits and the few times we have stayed at their lower end places (ironically named Place), we enjoyed it quite a bit as a stop over. So since I am already rambling enough, for those that have both programs, what are your thoughts on them? I am only going to keep one of the Chase cards.

Thanks and looking forward to the responses.