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UA-NYC
Better TPs
75 night top tier
45k capped awards (not including RC)
no peak nights
better IT/customer service
better promotions
rollover nights
arguably easier LT status earning
to name a few...sure MR loyals can come up with more
As a non US based member, this is the exact opposite. Not having a credit card option made it virtually impossible to get any significant lifetime status with Marriott Rewards. But I was basically instant lifetime Platinum under the new program.
Adding the SNA benefits, an improvement of the breakfast benefits (though admittedly they could be better), getting some very nice additional options like St Regis. I am definitely in a better position than I was.
And while I did not get a survey, I would have responded with the new program being better than the old. An 8 to 1 ratio seems artificially high, and the survey was probably rigged for the outcome. But it does not mean that there are not a lot of people who are better off in the new program