Originally Posted by yulsee

It seems to me that Marriott Bonvoy has been on a mission to weed out the travel gamers/hackers. They eliminated the following tricks:

• Meetings that earn elite nights to earn status quickly and for cheap
• Rollover elite nights
• Combining multiple 15 elite nights earned from holding multiple Bonvoy credit cards
• Churning Amex and Chase Bonvoy cards simultaneously for the welcome bonuses
• Speculative points advance bookings that lock rates to beat category changes
• Gaining status that gives access to free breakfast and lounge access just from holding a credit card
• Travel (miles and stay) packages that are valuable.

Marriott also maliciously refused to disclose the legacy to new travel package conversion mappings in advance

Did Marriott hire a travel hacker or flyertalker to counsel them about weeding out the free loaders or is this resulting from complaints/snitching from DYKWIA on Other People's Money or rich members who wanted to keep the riffraff away from their lounges and luxury properties ?