Originally Posted by
craigthemif
That's because your memory is failing you. Back when the economy was weak we received proper improvements such as breakfast at all SPG brand hotels and suites becoming eligible for upgrades, not to mention some pretty fabulous promos...
Eventually we'll get a recession and if it's bad enough we'll get more perks sent our way. No reason to aim for lifetime status of course, but still...
My memory didn’t fail me. SPG was wonderful at offering new benefits (breakfast, wifi, SNAs, Your24, late check out, increase BRG from 10 to 20%). But they were a one of a kind. Marriott did match some of those benefits to placate SPG members, but I cannot see them offering better benefits down the road now that they control such a huge share of the hotel market. They couldn’t even offer free breakfast at resorts (where most people aren’t on expense accounts) until the merger.