Originally Posted by
Antarius
This is nothing but a tiny blip with mass hysteria on FT. The vast majority of non travel obsessed people (which is the vast majority of people) barely know this is going on. Zero ultra high net worth individuals even care.
marriott has done a poor job of communicating issues, but come on, acting like this will lead to mass defections due to Lifetime Status being wrong for a few days? Only the handful of people here have even noticed.
simply put, unless merging etc is necessary, just wait. Why does it matter to the Platinum Premier member if they are Lifetime platinum right now.. vs in 2 weeks? It doesnt.
Very true. This is a niche hobby on a forum (which I do like, mind you) made of an even smaller niche of power-users who like, use, and understand this stuff.
We all want this merger to be smooth and seamless, but it's best for everyone to lower their expectations (even just a bit).
Helpful information to aid other users' navigation of the issues is very good; the drama is, of course, not.
Let's not forget, at its core, this is all imply about picking a hotel room.
