Sheraton Starpoints Question (1 Viewer)

[Otis]

Yeah here's the email:

Today we're excited to share the news that Starwood Hotels & Resorts will join together with Marriott International to create the world's largest hotel company. For our Starwood Preferred Guest® (SPG®) members, this will mean even more choices in even more places, giving you access to 1.1 million rooms across 5,500 hotels and resorts in more than 100 countries.

We will work to bring you the very best of SPG and Marriott Rewards®, two of the most rewarding loyalty programs in our industry. Our members are at the core of everything we do, and that will not change.

Today is the first day of a long journey as we combine our two companies. For now, we remain separate, and there is no change to your SPG program status, your Starpoints® or your existing reservations. You will continue to earn Starpoints and elite stay/night credit for your stays, as well as bonus Starpoints for any promotions in which you are participating. There is no change to how you manage your SPG account or book reservations.

Over the coming months, as we have more to share, we'll be sure to reach out to you by email, at spg.com and via twitter (@spg). In the meantime, we remain at your service wherever you need us whether in our hotels, at spg.com, on the SPG mobile app or via our Customer Contact Centers.

Thank you for sharing your travels with us.

Chris Holdren

Chris Holdren

Senior Vice President, Starwood Preferred Guest

 

[Grace Under Pressure]

I am lifetime platinum with spg...wonder what this means for me. Marriot has way more hotels. Starwood much better. Hopefully they keep the starwood point program, much better than marriot imo. Overall should be a positive.

Damn. How do you get lifetime platinum status??

stay 150-200 nights a year for over 10 years....not something cool.

That's serious road work.

 

[sbonomo]

I am lifetime platinum with spg...wonder what this means for me. Marriot has way more hotels. Starwood much better. Hopefully they keep the starwood point program, much better than marriot imo. Overall should be a positive.

Damn. How do you get lifetime platinum status??

stay 150-200 nights a year for over 10 years....not something cool.

That's serious road work.

Arthur Andersen then Alvarez and Marsal. I never worked in the city i lived in. Got very old very fast. I definitely could not do it as i have gotten older.

 

[Brony]

I am lifetime platinum with spg...wonder what this means for me. Marriot has way more hotels. Starwood much better. Hopefully they keep the starwood point program, much better than marriot imo. Overall should be a positive.

Damn. How do you get lifetime platinum status??

stay 150-200 nights a year for over 10 years....not something cool.

That's serious road work.

Arthur Andersen then Alvarez and Marsal. I never worked in the city i lived in. Got very old very fast. I definitely could not do it as i have gotten older.

that's what she said

 

[The General]

They linked up the Starwood and Marriott accounts now. You can transfer points around pretty easy.

Haven't done it yet but 3:1 Starwood to Marriott points status sharing. They have done it right so far if it works like they are saying.

 

[Otis]

Finally cracked into the near million SPG points I had piled up.  Taking the whole family for free to the St. Regis in Puerto Rico (love that hotel, it's awesome), staying in a big suite for a few nights, paid for airfare for all of us.  Should be pretty sweet.

All that crappy travel I have to do over the years, finally paying some dividends.  And we still have enough points to do the same trip all over again.  

THANK YOU STARPOINTZ

 

[The General]

Finally cracked into the near million SPG points I had piled up.  Taking the whole family for free to the St. Regis in Puerto Rico (love that hotel, it's awesome), staying in a big suite for a few nights, paid for airfare for all of us.  Should be pretty sweet.

All that crappy travel I have to do over the years, finally paying some dividends.  And we still have enough points to do the same trip all over again.  

THANK YOU STARPOINTZ

One of the few perks of dealing with all the travel bull####. Enjoy.