(1) I will have 9 SNA's expire at the end of this year. Your success, and my lack of success - is a great reason for me to diversify and have Hyatt DSU's. I obviously do not have great luck with SNA's.

(2) I don't care if I can use SPG points + SNA, when my SNA has almost a <10% chance of being successful.

(3) I appreciate the SNA. I try and use the SNA. I just know I can't rely on it.

(4) The SNA is useless if you book into the highest category room that the SNA can be used for. You can't upgrade to inventory beyond it. Hotels may give you a room above what you booked, but it is the exception and not the norm.

I like Starwood, but the SNA has so many nuances complicate the program to the point that it is useless - because so many things have to be a certain way for you to even use it.

DSU's take all of these nuances out for the most part. I can just - redeem. Not with points, but I can actually use the dang thing - which is way more than what I can say for SPG and the SNA.

DSU's don't expire
SNA's expire all the time

The DSU's are so valuable, you yourself even question how to use your DSU. But us SPG members try and burn SNA's at every good opportunity we have - and I still have 9 out of 10 expiring this year.

And plus - Hyatt just offers diversification. Places like the Hyatt in Nice,FR make me appreciate the brand. I love Park Hyatt service. There is no hotel I would rather be at in Paris than the Park Hyatt Paris when an incident like the terrorists attacks were going on. And most importantly - there are going to be cities where Hyatt or Hilton or IHG is going to have the best located property. So I find myself really wanting to achieve top status at most brands.

Like I totally loved the Hotel Indigo location in Rome, no other chain hotel is going to be so centrally located. Plus the Intercontinental allows me to wake up and walk out to the Spanish Steps - can't do this at a Hyatt or a SPG hotel.

The award rooms available to SPG guests are pretty crappy at a lot of their best hotels. You really want those SNA's to work on those redemptions....