Originally Posted by
Boraxo
Good but you left out the most important part.
Statuses after January 2019:
SPG Gold -> New MR Gold: No lounge access
And SPG Gold never had lounge access to begin with. They were 'granted' it due to the merger becoming closer. It was never a benefit they were entitled to in the first place, so...Marriott is merely pushing them back 'where they were originally'. It is not a devaluation or 'taking away' of benefits whatsoever.