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Old Apr 16, 2018 | 1:38 pm
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Originally Posted by evergrn
Hotel points are alive and well
They may be on life-support in a little under 1 hour from the time of this post. If Marriott and Starwood get hollowed out, that'll leave Hyatt as the lone remaining "aspirational" hotel program, and it isn't what it used to be.

We shall see...

(I hope I'm wrong.)

EDIT: The Starwood/Marriott announcement was not nearly as bad as I expected. There are winners and losers, but the program did not go 100% dynamic as some earlier rumors were suggesting. Aspirational awards will still exist - although they will probably be a lot pricier in the future.
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