Originally Posted by
JackE
I am a longtime Hyatt Diamond, longtime SPG Platinum. My Marriott jumped from Silver to Platinum, but with the loss of LTP coming up, I will turn my attention to Hyatt --- partly because I am not going to start from scratch with Marriott, and partly because I feel like a guest at Hyatt and revenue at Marriott.
If nights and points from Starwood end up counting towards lifetime Marriott, that may lure me back. But if they intended to make those count, there would be no reason to not simply announce, from Day 1, that lifetime will transfer. But until I see some indication of that, it's back to Hyatt when that is a choice.
Why would you assume you are going to lose LT status and why would you start again with Marriott? All you have to do is keep staying with SPG and you keep your Lifetime benefit and that will convert to the lifetime status in the new program. They haven't even started working on what the new program will be but already announced this morning that they have kept LT status from previous mergers and will so in this one.
Hyatt Diamond is quite easy to achieve but given what we know so far, SPG with the vastly expanded redemption options is a winner for me.