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Old Aug 17, 2017 | 3:27 am
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stc
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Originally Posted by JackE
I got LTP around the time of the acquisition, but I don't understand the enthusiasm for it. It's a dead end if Marriott reneges on transferring it to MR.
AFAICT, no one has been so stupid as to do that in the past (renege on a promise to honor lifetime status from someone they merged with). I believe that even when American acquired SOME of the assets of TWA from bankruptcy, they honored all the programs.

-Rick, proud owner of a Lifetime Delta Sky Club Membership (This is something you could never buy directly; Delta went so far as to honor lifetime commitments to Northwest flyers even when they didn't have an equivalent program.)
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