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HHonors OUTSIDER
Any idea why they are changing both SPG and MR categories? What was wrong with current MR cat 6, 8 and 9 that they don't have a corresponding new Category??
Marriott has to combine the categories because the current categories between the two are very inconsistent. For example, SPG hotels at the high end are really expensive in terms of points. They could have created more new categories, which would make category mapping easier, but they chose to "simplify", creating only 8 new categories with seasonal variations. I suspect the real reason is to eventually go to a revenue-based points system, like Hilton has done.