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I missed this announcement during the summer and I was excited to see it today. The Beaver Creek Lodge in Beaver Creek, CO has joined Marriott’s Autograph Collection. This means that there is even another property at a Colorado ski resort that can be booked using Marriott/SPG points. The resort is
With the official merge of the programs on August 18th, much of the Marriott site has been limited over the past few days. Prior to August 18th, you would have had a balance of SPG points and another balance of Marriott Rewards points. As of today, you can combine these
As we know, in August, Marriott, Ritz and SPG will be combined into one program and there will be a single points currency. Also in August, SPG members will see their point balances triple. Want to know what that new points balance can get you? Here is the award chart
There was big news today with respect to the loyalty programs of Marriott Rewards, Ritz Carlton Rewards and Starwood. The main piece being that Marriott will introduce one set of unified benefits across all three loyalty programs in August of this year. Some highlights of the changes coming are as follows…
On March 6, 2018, the Starwood Preferred Guest annual category changes will take effect. The breakdown is that 276 properties are being affected.-9% are moving down one category and 8% are moving up one category. Will this affect that redemption that you have had your
Since 2015, SPG has been a partner of Uber and you have been able to earn Starpoints for rides with Uber. In an email yesterday from SPG, I learned that the partnership will not be renewed for 2018 and will officially end on December 17, 2017.
Remember, if you link your SPG and Marriott Rewards accounts you can transfer between the two programs. I linked my SPG account and my Marriott Rewards account awhile ago. I just recently did my first transfer between my two accounts. Recall that the points transfer at a three-to-one ratio if
It’s official! Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts merged into one company. Now members of SPG, Marriott Rewards and The Ritz Carlton Rewards are able to link their accounts at members.marriott.com. Despite the union, Marriott doesn’t expect to have a fully combined loyalty program until 2018, so the
Shareholder approval for the merger happened yesterday. Today, Marriott sent the below email about the upcoming merger… “We’re excited to announce that we’ve secured shareholder approval for Marriott International to join together with Starwood Hotels & Resorts—a significant milestone towards creating the world’s largest lodging company and strongest loyalty program
Yesterday, shareholders of Marriott International and Starwood Hotels and Resorts voted to approve the merger between the two companies that will create the largest hotel chain in the world. Recall Marriott recently won the bidding war to acquire Starwood and this approval was the next step in the merger process.
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