Please permit me to add a new dimension to this thread.

There is a Ren property in Western PA which offers PA government employees a rate of $91.00. I on the other hand am more or less a free agent, who is confronted with paying a rate in the $200.00 range, to stay at the same hotel, based on the AAA rate, if it is available.

To my way of thinking, this constitutes too much of of a gap. The PA employees are on per diems, which are essentially exhausted after thay have had breakfast in the hotel, if they in fact do so, along with a drink or two at happy hour. On the other hand, I and many others are probably good for $100.00 or so in daily F&B expenditures.

As a result of what I consider to be the Ren's price gouging, I now stay at a nearby FS Marriott @ $150.00 or so per night.

Marriott corporate should consider extending a competitive rate to Rewards members, based on their spending/number of stays to restore some equilibrium to this rate disparity.

Just my opinion.