We'll be taking our business elsewhere with these silly changes. I'm only a 20 nt-yr platinum mainly for leisure travel but the gall of Jeff to state on the reddit AMA that this was "not a cost cutting measure" is really offensive
We booked RC Kyoto instead of HR Kyoto for a 4 night stay given this. SPG+Marriott/RC seems to be the better ticket especially in terms of availability. Especially with SPG Gold through Citi prestigue matched to Marriott/RC gold. Just burned 180K points for 6 nights at the PH Milan!