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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
The status linking for matched accounts was always a temporary interim thing until a unified program could be formulated and announced. There was never any promise that the same policies would continue under the new program. In fact, I always viewed it as a special introductory welcome offer to encourage SPG elites to try Marriott hotels (and vv to a lesser extent) during the transition period.