But TH, He *loves* Starwood.

DLSIZE, while achieving status in the other loyalty programs might be nice; I wonder what your motivations are for achieving premiere status in the other hotel programs? Are you looking for upgrades? points? status recognition for having Premiere status in multiple programs?

Usually, I pick the hotel I think would be the most comfortable where I need to stay (within my budget). Why not just do this? Enjoy the hotels where you have status and can get upgrades, or enjoy the hotels that you stay at, and perhaps think about staying at more of them if you like them.