2018 SPG Category Changes (eff 6 Mar) & Booking Window Changes
Mar 17, 2018, 7:19 am
#121
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
Programs: MR/SPG LT Titanium, AA LT PLT, UA SLV, Avis PreferredPlus
Posts: 31,004
I have them downloaded, as I do every year. I just noticed they took it off line pretty quickly this year.
Mar 22, 2018, 7:39 am
#122
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: London
Programs: AA Plat, SPG Gold
Posts: 204
I've had an existing Cash&Points booking at a Sheraton for several months and just checked the reservation on the SPG website. It is showing me the "new" rate plan - which is different in respect of both number of points and cash (i.e., both higher) for the rate. Has anyone else has this issue? Do we think better to try to resolve this now or should I just make sure that I have a print-out of the original reservation?
Mar 22, 2018, 9:58 am
#123
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
I've had an existing Cash&Points booking at a Sheraton for several months and just checked the reservation on the SPG website. It is showing me the "new" rate plan - which is different in respect of both number of points and cash (i.e., both higher) for the rate. Has anyone else has this issue? Do we think better to try to resolve this now or should I just make sure that I have a print-out of the original reservation?
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts LLC
[email protected]
Mar 22, 2018, 1:45 pm
#124
Moderator: British Airways Executive Club, Marriott Bonvoy
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Location: Englandshire
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Mar 22, 2018, 2:15 pm
#125
Company Representative - Starwood
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
Programs: Marriott Employee Level
Posts: 31,593
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts LLC
[email protected]
Mar 27, 2018, 1:11 pm
#126
Used to be 'flymanbeast'
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: Delta silver/marriot platinum
Posts: 2,795
The four points in vegas also did not go down a category . It appears SPG is cheating as quite a bit this year as as far as I can see many hotels supposed to go down a category did not end up going down.
Mar 28, 2018, 3:45 am
#127
Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 255
Le Meridien Vienna quietly moved up from Cat.4 to Cat.5. I was expecting this to come, but the hotel was not listed in the SPG category changes 2018.
Mar 28, 2018, 9:19 am
#128
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: On strike
Posts: 8,135
For what it's worth, LM Vienna has bounced back and forth between cat 4 & cat 5 since 2010 (when I had a cat 4 award stay there). An increase to cat 5 is unwelcome, to be sure, but not all that surprising regardless of whether it was on this year's published list.