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what works for me is spg and marriott. i am plat on both. I have top tier with hilton.

my recommendation would be either hyatt or spg as one of the two and then marriott or hilton for the second.

Hyatt and spg have great benefits but not great coverage. Hilton and marriott have great coverage for those many places where Hyatt and spg don't have coverage

I'm currently Plat in both SPG and Marriott.

I prefer to stay at SPG properties especially for personal travel because they have the nicest resorts consistently in the places I want to go.

For business travel, especially in the midwest, SPG does not have a lot of choices. That is why I tend to use the Marriott properties when travelling for business, or when I want a comfortable, inexpensive room at a non-resort location for personal travel.

Another nice thing about both programs is that they offer lifetime status.

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Originally Posted by LongviewTX (Post 18314987)

If I were you, I would go by the hotel chains that works best from your WORK travel perspective (whether your considerations are price, location or availability of upgrades/perks on paid stays).

My personal position has always been that it makes sense to look at the points value at redemption only if you have two hotels otherwise equal from the perspective of your business travel.

For example, when travelling to Amsterdam, on the night before my flight back to the USA I try to stay in one of two hotels located in the security area of the terminal. Though one of these hotels doesn't earn any points while the other one earns points I would likely never use anywhere, I just cannot justify extra 15-30 minutes of travelling from the next closest hotel (which is Sheraton) to the terminal, standing in lines to pass the passport check in the morning peak hour etc. Extra points for the personal use will never outweight convenience of being in the right place for your business travel (and I'm not talking here about inside-the-terminal hotels being EUR80 cheaper than the Sheraton which saves my company money - which I learned to treat as my own - I understand that this might not be the strongest argument for some).

+1
Also, I like to enjoy the benefits of the status rather than switching hotel chain to get status on the next one and so on.

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Originally Posted by Gamecock (Post 18314958)

My primary is SPG, secondary is Hilton.

A Hilton property is easy to find, whereas SPG can be a bit tougher. IMHO Hyatt can be even more difficult. While many will say Hyatt and SPG, it may be very difficult to find those in any given area.

+1 or 2, or 3, who counts:)

SPG points will take you the long way and Hilton points are so easy to earn! Besides, you already have Plat in SPG, and Gold in Hilton (which is nothing to sneeze at), so why dillute a good thing?

i would stay with SPG and Hilton, but you should consider adding the spg amex and hilton surpass amex to your cards, the extra points from the stays really adds up. With the hilton Q2 promo and the surpass cards you can earn upto 36.5 pts/dollar at stays.