I just completed my 20th stay with Starwood this year. That requalifies me for platinum. By the end of this week, I will be at 27 stays with HHonors hotels - and a stop at the LV Hilton in June will be my 28th (most likely will have one before then) - so I am requalified for Diamond. Question is, where do I go now? I have silver with Marriott but haven't stayed at one of their properties in I think 2 years or so.

To give a little more info....

At the end of this week, I will have completed my 8th night after earning two free weekends at Starwoods. For those that don't know, you earn 5000 bonus points after each 5 nights (up to a max of 20 nights - 20000 points) before the end of June. I have already earned the first 5000 bonus points and need two more nights for the next 5000. Overall, I am on the north side of 100,000 SPG points.....this with no help of Randy and Inside Flyer subs!!!! LOL! Other things going for me with Starwood...500 points for online res, 250/500 Platinum amenity points.

On the HHonors side....I am approaching 500,000 points. On the HHonors side, I am signed up for the 2500 online res bonus. In the future, I am planning to get married in the UK and using points for the family to stay. Hilton has better choices throughout the UK than Starwood....I am talking the non-bug cities like Aberdeen, Perth, Dundee, Newcastle, Bath, etc... so I am not adverse to banking HHonors points for them to stay free for the "glorious" event. On the down side, I rarely take one week vacation so probably would not be able to take advantage of the GLON awards.

I might use free nights for a little more than a handful of stays here and there. Starwood's Free Weekends/Fridays come in good for these. These might be short trips to other Midwestern cities for the weekend. I also might take a few extended weekend trips to Vegas, Florida, NY/NJ where I might use a combo of SPG and HHonors award stays.

Other little details....I have 500,000+ miles on one of the big three airlines and just less than 100,000 on another with maybe 30,000 on the last one. I have enough banked to get a fair number of the family to the UK for the wedding for free with enough left over for those "emergency" domestic trips. CO I have 15,000 and NW I will have 25,000+ after the Fly Free Faster promo posts. So when considering "where to go now", earning airline FF miles is not a huge priority. I also just got a Diners Club card in October and have earned 60,000 points there in the half year or so I had it. Expect same type of earning there in the future.

This last wild card is Marriott where I have ~ 80,000 points sitting there from when I was a Starwood/Marriott patron before I switched to Starwood/Hilton.

Obviously the big question is....where do I direct my stays for the last 6-7 months of the year? I have my opinion (keep mix of Starwood/Hilton) but am curious if others think I should go for Marriott points (or Holiday Inn or something else) and gain Gold/Plt status with them. I travel throughout the midwest (MN, WI, IL, MO, KS, IN, MI). I like to keep my stays <$100/nt but the occasional $120 won't kill me. 100% Starwood is not possible since they do not have the selection of Hilton and Marriott.

So I throw that out there for everyone - where do I go now?

Thanks ahead of time for all the input.