jjj325

I am guessing Starwood name will no longer exist come August. Will William change his login? "Starwood Lurker"

RogerD408

Actually, the Starwood name will continue until the end of 2018. They have stated they won't have a new name for the program until sometime in 2019.

I'm just hope the Lurkers will be kept and their involvement with FT continues. MR pretty much disappeared from FT years ago to start Marriott Insiders. Some FTers are on both and will crosspost or link interesting threads here. I'm not interested in dealing with MI and trying to determine what is an individual comment vs marketing hype.

jjj325

Where will the Starwood name continue? I thought there is going to be 1 web site and 1 Points program. Will the FT Forums also merge?

RogerD408

As stated in the April announcement, we have until the end of this year to earn/use status/points under the SPG rules. At some point after August 1st, we will be asked to merge our accounts (i.e. not done for us) into the new program. I expect that once we merge then our SPG/MR accounts go to zero and only MPG rules will apply. Conflicting statements have been posted, so we are in the hurry-up and wait phase.

GoPhils

Yeah, I was almost going to post a similar thread on the MR board. It's interesting that even with the recent announcements, Starwood Lurker still has been much more active than any MR representative on the MR board. I would have thought either Starwood Lurker would disappear or there would actually be a similar presence on the MR forum. I see "Marriott Rewards Insider" just registered in April for the announcement, and posted a couple times but hasn't posted since 4/19. I guess they forgot the password to "Marriott Concierge" who hasn't posted for over a year.

kaizen7

Can you change your user name ?

Starwood Lurker > Starriott Lurker/Marwood Lurker (Combining account period Aug 18 to Dec 18) > Marriott Lurker (New program start 2019)

JoeBagodonuts

why not just
Lurker
Lurking around the corner
Lurking behind a tree
Lurking in the courtyard lol

CPRich

Here.

Yes, eventually. Very unlikely that it's before the end of 2018.

Also very likely at the same time.

Totoro

I believe FT allows one user name change.

That said, I hope that William remains on the forum going forward. I had the opportunity to meet him once in person and have enjoyed reading his posts although I've had progressively less time to post myself.

Seattlenerd

I think "Starwood Lurker" continuing would be a nice homage to the history of the combined company.

controller1

But will not be allowed by Marriott management!

Antonio8069

The loss of the Starwood Lurker function along with the slow demise of Platinum Liaison are two of the least desirable developments to emerge from the Marriott takeover.

MSPeconomist

What is Platinum Liason? Do you mean Plat Concierge or is there some unpublished benefit?

drron

As long as the Lurkers still all exist I dont care what they call them.

controller1

Apparently the "slow demise of Platinum Liaison" has not been very slow. I have no idea what that is! What is/was the Platinum Liaison?