Originally Posted by
no1cub17
Interesting - if true, this signifies an attempt by Marriott to retain SPG elites by gifting superior status (supposedly, it's still Marriott so automatically inferior IMO). But MR was never going to fairly convert Starpoints so that's no shocker.
Right. It's called Marketing! I would not be surprised at all. This makes all the SPG Gold people happy, or at least not upset. And they'd still have to earn that Gold status the following year.
After all, Marriott gives away Gold status to every UA Gold member so it's not like they value it very highly.