Official Announcement: SPG and Marriott Programs to Merge on August 18th
Jul 26, 2018, 4:52 am
#31
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Jul 26, 2018, 5:59 am
#32
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Be prepared to be VERY disappointed with the Marriott "corporate codes"...they are terrible.
Jul 26, 2018, 6:39 am
#33
Join Date: Mar 2018
Location: England - UK
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I've never signed up to Ritz Carlton section. Are we supposed to and then merge it with Marriott on the 18th like SPG anyone know? Thanks.
Jul 26, 2018, 7:21 am
#34
Join Date: May 2012
Location: YOW
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Be prepared to be VERY disappointed with the Marriott "corporate codes"...they are terrible.
Jul 26, 2018, 7:35 am
#35
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: NYC
Posts: 427
I have SPG reservations booked later in the year with my current SPG # attached to it, when I get my new membership ID, will the current reservations be automatically updated? Or do I need to manually update them with my new membership ID?
Jul 26, 2018, 7:40 am
#36
Company Representative - Starwood
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Location: Austin, Texas
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On 8/18, your new SPG member number will be active immediately. No action is required for any previous or upcoming stays that have already been booked. Your new number will be applied automatically. Beginning on 8/18, you should only use your new number.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Marriott International
[email protected]
Jul 26, 2018, 7:47 am
#37
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On 8/18, your new SPG member number will be active immediately. No action is required for any previous or upcoming stays that have already been booked. Your new number will be applied automatically. Beginning on 8/18, you should only use your new number.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Marriott International
[email protected]
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Marriott International
[email protected]
Jul 26, 2018, 8:44 am
#38
Join Date: May 2012
Location: YOW
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Yes there was; in fact I booked a stay starting on July 31st, to be in a hotel to see if any celebration happened on the 1st.
Jul 26, 2018, 8:52 am
#39
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Well, I assumed August 1st for everything...I have been having conversations with people all over the place about August 1st being the merger date, and everyone else had assumed the same. And the documentation above solidifies why we assumed this. Did they just go and pull a switcheroo?
Does this mean we can continue to convert MRs to SPG until August 17th then???
Does this mean we can continue to convert MRs to SPG until August 17th then???
Sure, you can convert MR's to SPG until August 17. On August 18th they'll be converted right back at the same rate.
Jul 26, 2018, 8:55 am
#40
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I had thought "combined" meant combined. As in - there's now one web site to use for everything. No?
Jul 26, 2018, 9:52 am
#41
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OK, but my point is that I don't think we will have to use Marriott codes, right? if SPG.com remains, then my SET code should remain for now, right? I've seen nothing that this will go away on August 18th. Or did I miss something?
Jul 26, 2018, 9:57 am
#42
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I am confused. We will get a new SPG number on August 18th, then there is also a Marriott number, then we need to combined SPG and Marriott accounts into one, then it becomes a One Program number? 
Jul 26, 2018, 10:00 am
#43
Company Representative - Starwood
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Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Austin, Texas
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So everyone will have a new SPG number, and there's a new SPG website and SPG app? In parallel with the MR website and app? What exactly will the two different sites/apps show? The same balance, kept in sync over time, but only "SPG" reservations on the SPG site and "Marriott" reservations on the Marriott site?
I had thought "combined" meant combined. As in - there's now one web site to use for everything. No?
I had thought "combined" meant combined. As in - there's now one web site to use for everything. No?
Starting on 8/18, after the system transition, you will be able to search and book paid and points redemption stays across all 6,500 participating hotels on www.Marriott.com, www.SPG.com, Luxury Hotels and Resorts | The Ritz-Carlton and our mobile apps.
Best regards,
William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Marriott International
[email protected]
Jul 26, 2018, 10:23 am
#44
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My take is every SPG member will get a new number that will work with the new system, existing SPG numbers are wrong format. IF you also have a MR account, then that number will also exist. At some point, we need to pick a number and bring them together. There will be an online process for us to do that instead of having to call in and have an agent do the work. Some have reported issues with CCs not being linked to existing accounts and we had to call in to get points into just one account. If you fail/delay merging your accounts you will have two logins. I doubt you will be able to easily move points between the accounts. Still don't know if there are any downsides to bringing them together or not.
Jul 26, 2018, 10:30 am
#45
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Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 301
i already have a 9-digit SPG number. Do I need a new one?