Originally Posted by
sdsearch
It all depends on whether they "recalibrate" the new program to Marriott points or SPG points (or something different than both
!). If they leave Marriott points as they are, I expect most Marriott properties could remain the same, but they'd have to "re-calibrate" all the ex-SPG properties since they were on a different points system. If they adopt SPG's point system (less likely IMHO), then they'd have "re-calibrate" every Marriott property.
So if the points system stays Marriott-style, then I expect the fewest changes to properties which were always Marriott, but unpredictable changes to properties that came from SPG.
But meanwhile remember that properties get re-evaluated for points cost annually anyway, merger or no merger.
With the tiers, there already are 14 Marriott categories in essence. So I could see them making it 15 to make it nice and clean (top category 75K points), allows for a natural integration of the RCs and Editions. And of course the vast majority of LCs and StRs will likely fall into those 50K+ point levels too. You'd probably see some of the better JWs inflate as well, no longer held in check by the cat 9 cap.
Absent some
ludicrous ideas lacking a basis in reality, there will likely be net inflation across the board. Natural inflation + reduced competition + ongoing good US economy.