Wow...that's a lot of hopping. Were you ever tempted to just call off the dogs and enjoy whichever one of those is your favorite top tier?

That's the dilemma I have right now. I could embark on some Starwood runs - decent promos are out there, and I do enough short stays that hitting Plat on 35-40 nights would be do-able. But I'm generally happy with the Marriotts in the cities I visit most, so why not just hang back and enjoy being Plat there for a while? So far, I'm sticking with the Marriotts... My 2008 mix of business travel will change somewhat to some different cities: if I start seeing a lot of great Starwoods and "average" Marriotts, that might be enough to make me switch.