Antarius, Don't mean to be arguable. But when you signed on to the SPG award program, the fine print there said they (SPG) could change the rules at any time unilaterally. "you" agreed to it. Thus when SPG was bought by Marriott, SPG changed its rules to match the Marriott. If you are upset at it, it is not an issue with Marriott, it is between "you" and SPG. The terms and conditions you agreed with with SPG is binding and those said SPG could do whatever they wanted with the program. Example. I had over a million miles of the "old Delta" FF program which they extended for a short term when they changed to the new program. The old miles were about 10x more valuable. I used a lot but still had close to a million that became "new" miles. I had lifetime at the Crown room. When it changed to the sky room, guess what - no more Crown Room