The interesting/ specially curated events are virtually gone. Most of the remainder are variations on using points for discounts to sports and other events. Very much in line with Marriott’s view of everything as a dollar saving, but a real shame for customers who enjoyed SPG’s creativity and unique events.

We just won a private dinner at Vespertine Los Angeles with Chef Kahn in Jan 2019. My first Moments attempt and first win. Not bad at all.

There have been and still are many private dinners offered with amazing chefs as far as I can tell. There always has been variability with the locations offered in all Moments categories (more options in New York and Boston than some West Coast cities, for example). It’s the holiday period now, so I assume, as with SPG, there will be more offers coming in the new year.

Not sure what the complaints here are about?

You can read the posts and find out Of course it’s great that there are still some US dinners available, but I think a number of people were regretting the removal of a number of types of event which were greatly enjoyed by quite a few SPG programme members.

Think of it as if Marriott had removed Butler service from the St Regis, for example. Obviously as individuals not all programme cut backs affect us all individually just as not all of us have been affected by all of the IT problems, but I think a bit of empathy combined with a realisation that a mis-functioning benefits programme and a culture of retrenchment is a bad thing for all of us is called for here.

Yeah. I’m still baffled.

I read posts back to early 2016. The Moments now seem pretty comparable to me even with those back then—with the addition/subtraction of some event venues and event types. There always will be changes, just as there were with SPG Moments. Some seem annoyed about the challenge to search locations since the integration.

But otherwise, I still don’t get it. There are still many Moments now just as there were before.

Your example of butler service has to do with a hotel stay. No Moments change anything with hotel stays. I don’t think your comparison is a good one.

My impression here is that there are a very small number of people railing at Marriott because things changed a tiny bit. Otherwise, Moments is pretty much the same as it was pre-Marriott. There actually are overall more options at more properties now because the portfolio is much larger.

I don’t think you’re fair to dismiss people whose points you’ve apparently not thought about so readily. On Moments, I would previously have bid for 1-2 experiences per month - perhaps a special event at a hotel, a collaboration of a hotel’s F&B with moments or maybe a limited edition event of the sort which are always advertised on the SPG channel.

I do not think that my general disappointment with Marriott’s integration execution has anything with me being disappointed that there has not been a single event on Moments of the types which I would previously have enjoyed. It also seems entirely appropriate to bemoan and regret that fact on a forum.

Clearly there is still a very popular US restaurant collaboration and US sports collaboration which i’m very happy that some people will enjoy (as well as some random things in China), but not so much use for me personally.

I just noted that there are not many comments at all in the last several years in this thread sharing your similar disappointment—unlike your suggestion. Again, it seems a very, very, very small number of people.

I don’t think the issue here has much to do with Moments.

I have followed and considered SPG (and now Marriott) Moments for many events over the years, but the dates or locations never before worked with our schedule. This one did, thankfully.

So I’ve followed them quite a bit. Just like I follow Andrew Harper Travel auctions all the time, but haven’t actually bid on anything for a few years now.

i hadn’t followed this thread until recently, however. But I did go back and reread all posts since early 2016 due to the recent discussion.