Changes to MR after merger?
 

Got a cryptic message from MR last week asking me to upgrade my password on the Marriott website "in preparation for the Marriott - Starwood Preferred Group merger."

Made me wonder what changes might be coming. I know very little about the SPG loyalty program, but I wonder if we'll see something like the Ritz-Carlton Rewards program incorporated into MR...

Has anyone heard/read anything to indicate what's coming?

Very little has been announced yet.

But at the very least, this benefit:
is one that SPG had forever, and seems to have been added to Marriott Rewards because of the merger.

The upgraded password has been in the works for a while

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...-measures.html

people !
 

Hopefully they get the good SPG folks, and get rid of the Mrt web MBA consultants !

Today i was thinking to merge my SPG account with my skywards account wich is if im not wrong 3 miles for 1 usd spent at SPG my next stay in sheraton well coast me around 1200-1500 USD + paying with amex 1 usd to 1 skywards mile wich is not bad at all OR keep it SPG points wich i well not use them on SPG but i can use them with marriott later !! :eek::confused:

:eek::confused: is right!

What?

Join the crowd.

All that's been announced is the generic "we'll be really good, the best of everything, blah, blah". It will likely be quite a while before anything concrete is announced.