Originally Posted by
EuropeanPete
I really feel for people who still put a high proportion of their stays to Marriott. You are getting screwed and it is only going to go in one direction from here.
For some of us there's not really a better option. One of the cities I spend ~12 nights a year in has zero Hilton and Hyatt options. Another 15+ a year are in Tokyo and Kyoto; in the former I get better accommodations than Conrad, Andaz, PH often for half the price of those, and in Kyoto the RC is the best of the big 3 chains.
I'm going to Langkawi later this year. Hyatt and Hilton? Literally nothing.
Also, as someone with 0 business travel, Marriott Platinum is attainable and Globalist just isn't, especially since Hyatt decided to let their cobranded card be put under 5/24 so there's no way for me to get a boost from that.
I wish Hyatt had been the one to buy SPG.