Originally Posted by
3rdworldresident
I think people who prefer bonvoy are mostly from marriott side which is why the total number is much higher.
For people who came from SPG side (like me), bonvoy is a real downgrade.
I disagree. I was spg before Marriott.
Spg is like being a Virgin America loyalist. It works great, until it doesn't because they don't fly there. There is a limited audience that traveled to the major cities exclusively that spg worked great for, and that seems to be the vocal group with the pitchforks.
Simply put, if spg was so awesome and so sustainable, why did they get swallowed up? This is not to absolve Marriott of some of their slip ups and discourage them from trying to emulate aspects of spg that made their customers so loyal, but spg wasn't this omnipotent entity that it is purveyed to be.