Originally Posted by
evotion
I couldn't read through the rest but I actually earned my SPG stays for 50 night Plat and now I get lumped in with people that just paid an AF? Awesome.
No, you're still good.
Before you could pay an AF, get SPG Gold, and then convert that to MR Gold. For clarification, until the programs merge, MR Gold is effectively the SPG Platinum for MR properties.
Because of this I'm arguing that the changes bring a lot of value to Marriott status holders as the 50+ night level will be held by fewer people.