No AARP any more?
Feb 11, 2018, 10:15 pm
#31
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Feb 12, 2018, 7:07 am
#32
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Likely so. And Marriott does offer a discount for seniors. Senior Travel & Hotel Discounts Marriott
AARP allows entry at 50... that's not a senior, it's middle-age.
AARP allows entry at 50... that's not a senior, it's middle-age.
In my observation it has been rare to see SPG senior/AARP at anything close to the cheapest pre-paid, to the extent that I’d more or less stopped bothering to check it. But recently wanted to book something in Stockholm and stumbled across the senior/AARP rate at €50 lower than pre-paid, Given that it’s fully flexible it was a no-brainer to go for that,
So maybe SPG is flirting with the Marriott style genuine senior discount; on the other hand perhaps it’s just the Swedes being more generous to seniors; either way I’ll happily take it,
Feb 12, 2018, 9:26 am
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Feb 13, 2018, 6:46 pm
#34
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I'm booking SPG hotels in Hamburg and Frankfurt and in both cases, the AAA rate is more than the Senior rate. The difference over the combined nights is around $100, so it's not huge, but not a pittance, either. I am old enough for AARP, but not the senior rate, so it's AAA for now. I've had several stays where the best rate was the AARP rate. Glad I enjoyed it while I could!
Jul 16, 2018, 12:28 pm
#35
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(Sorry if that has been already mentioned somewhere else - the search has not yield anything)
I tried to book a number of stays (US, Canada, Europe) using "AARP" rate. There is no such option any more - just "senior rate". The AARP rate used to be offered to those who are "over 60 years old or AARP members". The senior rate is offered for only to those who are over 62, the AARP membership discount seems to vanish.
Is that an enchantment?
I tried to book a number of stays (US, Canada, Europe) using "AARP" rate. There is no such option any more - just "senior rate". The AARP rate used to be offered to those who are "over 60 years old or AARP members". The senior rate is offered for only to those who are over 62, the AARP membership discount seems to vanish.
Is that an enchantment?
Do you have AARP/senior rates?
Also for Marriott: https://www.marriott.com/specials/senior/default.mi
I just became 62 so I think its nice, though it used to e 60 years. But Marriott changed it for Starwood to 62 years......
Jul 16, 2018, 12:57 pm
#36
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Just had a call with SPG, the rate still exist:
Do you have AARP/senior rates?
Also for Marriott: https://www.marriott.com/specials/senior/default.mi
I just became 62 so I think its nice, though it used to e 60 years. But Marriott changed it for Starwood to 62 years......
Do you have AARP/senior rates?
Also for Marriott: https://www.marriott.com/specials/senior/default.mi
I just became 62 so I think its nice, though it used to e 60 years. But Marriott changed it for Starwood to 62 years......
Jul 16, 2018, 1:07 pm
#37
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Its really a big downgrade....... and as a SPG lifetime Gold I am not happy with the merger with Marriott....
Jul 17, 2018, 9:24 am
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Yes, does seem they have eliminated the AARP rates although Do you have AARP/senior rates? says they do and even take you to a specific website to search for AARP rates but only returns Senior. These subtle devaluations are sneaking into the system. It's where you have to look at all the details all the time since you can't count on what used to be still being the case. Part of the travel defensively tactic.
Jul 17, 2018, 3:25 pm
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Yes, does seem they have eliminated the AARP rates although Do you have AARP/senior rates? says they do and even take you to a specific website to search for AARP rates but only returns Senior. These subtle devaluations are sneaking into the system. It's where you have to look at all the details all the time since you can't count on what used to be still being the case. Part of the travel defensively tactic.