Email: A Note About our Transition into One Program
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Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SLC/HEL/Anywhere with a Beach
Programs: Marriott Ambassador; AA EXP 3MM; AS MVP, Hilton Gold, CH-47/UH-60/C-23/C-130 VET
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3) Communicate to stakeholders:
It's not just us chickens getting the shaft here -- the hoteliers are also being treated about the same. Like I posted in another thread earlier in the year, it's like Marriott hired the Iraqi Information Minister to do their PR. "Nothing wrong here! Just some noise on the fringe. Everything's fine! Ignore that when you go to Marriott.com, the website doesn't load. Or that hotels can't access the reservation systems. Everything's fine!!!!"
I think a lot of us (including the hoteliers) would feel more confident in Marriott's abilities if they came out early and said, "Obviously, things aren't going as well as expected. Please be patient, we are working on it. We've hired outside consultants and teams to help us expedite the fixes" Instead, we're given a 29 Ways to Fail promotion, which couldn't even work because of how bad their IT systems are.
I think a lot of us (including the hoteliers) would feel more confident in Marriott's abilities if they came out early and said, "Obviously, things aren't going as well as expected. Please be patient, we are working on it. We've hired outside consultants and teams to help us expedite the fixes" Instead, we're given a 29 Ways to Fail promotion, which couldn't even work because of how bad their IT systems are.
I get the concerns being posted here, but I think from an objective perspective, most people are like me -- my account was straight by Labor Day -- and I have well over 2000 lifetime nights, my stays keep posting (even a day quicker than before 8/18) in an accurate way (well -- I did have one Sheraton that I had to email in to get it credited), and I keep making reservations through the website even though it seems to have been updated by people who don't actually book hotel reservations and has reliability issues.
My main concern is the hotel experience -- the operators don't seem to be aware of everything and in some cases, seem to have adopted some cost cutting measures and blamed it on the program. Plus, there continues to be confusion on elite levels at the properties. I'm hoping Bonvoy will fix that.