Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
Again, I've quoted the
Lurkers. If you want to disagree w/ them, that's on you & you can take it to the SPG forum.
FWIW - I find it incredibly strange that you seem to think elite bennies relate to 1 only - which is upgrades. There are many elite bennies, & yes in some areas Marriott Plat bennies offer things that SPG don't - and heck, even offer to Gold & Silver that SPG doesn't.
I'm off for the night. Have a good weekend!
Cheers.
You keep mentioning the Starwood Lurkers as examples...yet provide none. Because those examples belie the fact that SPG Plat suite upgrades are given constantly and consistently to entry level SPG Plats...and that MR does not provide that stated benefit at all even for MR Plat Premiers. A stated benefit that isn't given 100% of the time to SPG Plats still is unquestionably better than the fact that MR doesn't even give that stated benefit at all for MR Plat Premiers.
No one is going to argue that MR gives suite upgrades even remotely as often as SPG...because that would be patently false and everyone knows it.
Only focused on suite upgrades? Wrong. As for elite benefits in general, you're again wrong: there is only one other difference between Marriott Gold/Plat and SPG Gold/Plat--MR gives 48 hr room type guarantee vs SPG giving 72 hr guanratnee.
Other than the extra 24 hrs of room type guarantee, there isn't a single elite benefit that MR Plat offers that SPG Plat doesn't.
And yet SPG Plat gives the suite upgrade benefit that MR Plat does not. Try again. And until recently, SPG Gold and Plat got 4 pm late checkout and MR Plat didn't. It's because of SPG that MR introduced that benefit.
So, as I said previously to the other poster
4getofn in an attempt to help provide perspective,
entry level SPG Plat 25 gives you more confirmed benefits than MR Platinum or Platinum Premier. So Marriott Plat Premiers should be happy with their entry level SPG Plat 25 status match.
Originally Posted by
bhrubin
Originally Posted by
4getofn
Okay when I looked at my SPG account (which i only occasionally use) it shows me as "Platinum Perferred Guest". So what level is that ? I am a PP with Marriott with 200+ butt in bed nights .. 400 or so total ?
You are an entry level Plat 25 stays. Just like despite my 126 nights with SPG I'm now only a regular entry level Marriott Plat.
But being SPG Plat entry level gives you more confirmed benefits with SPG hotels than being MR PP with Marriott hotels. So enjoy it.
You erred when comparing SPG Plat to MR PLat Premier, and you erred when comparing SPG Plat to MR Plat. So now you tackle Gold and Silver? SPG Gold and MR Gold are equivalent...except SPG Gold gets a welcome gift while MR Gold doesn't. Even there, SPG Gold has better benefits. SPG Gold gets the 72 hr room type guarantee...but MR Gold doesn't get any room type guarantee at all--only ,R Plat gets that. So even there, SPG Gold is better than MR Gold.
So SPG Gold is also better and gives more confirmed benefits than MR Gold.
Silver doesn't exist for SPG...so MR wins there. Not strange at all.
Have a great weekend. Cheers.