Changes to MR after merger?
May 15, 2016 | 12:50 am
#1
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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?
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?
May 15, 2016 | 4:55 am
#2
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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.
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.
May 15, 2016 | 6:32 am
#3
Join Date: Jan 2009
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Programs: UA Gold, Marriott Rewards - LTPP
Posts: 4,242
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?
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?
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May 15, 2016 | 6:47 am
#4
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people !
Hopefully they get the good SPG folks, and get rid of the Mrt web MBA consultants !
May 15, 2016 | 8:05 am
#5
Join Date: Aug 2009
Programs: MR rewards
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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 !! 
May 15, 2016 | 3:44 pm
#6
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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 !!
is right!
May 15, 2016 | 6:17 pm
#7
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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 !!
May 15, 2016 | 6:50 pm
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