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Apr 29, 2018 | 8:22 am

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bhrubin

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Join Date: Aug 2013

Location: Southern California, USA

Programs: Marriott Ambassador and LTT, UA Plat/LT Gold, AA Gold

Posts: 8,764

Quote:

Originally Posted by jeanie

So my theory is that many people from SPG want LTPP because it is something the Marriott Rewards people can have that they can't.

I suspect most SPG LT Plats wouldn’t care much at all except for their reasonable assumption that Plat Premiers (Plat75) will get priority for suite upgrades over regular Plats (Plat50).

Considering that Marriott LT Plats had no guaranteed suite upgrade benefit at all until this new program was announced, while SPG LT Plats had the guaranteed suite upgrade benefit all along, it seems reasonable that SPG LT Plats wouldn’t get lower suite upgrade priority behind Marriott LT Plats.