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Old Oct 1, 2019 | 11:27 am
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Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
Please NO NO NO. Bonvoy already has too many elites chasing too few suites, lounges are too crowded, etc. Let's not give hotels carte blanche to look out for their own who are traveling almost for "free" anyway.
You still have to stay the nights - it isn't that easy.

Originally Posted by escapefromphl
The ship has sailed on this, Marriott has several hundred thousand employees and tapping that market is a no brainer especially when many have spouses and extended families. I suspect the F&F rates may be "adjusted" to take into account earnings and benefits though.
Maybe the because of the earnings, but up until Aug 2018 (and even still now), a large majority of properties were/are providing benefits.
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