Author Topic: Mariott will buy Starwood (Read 47684 times)

Interesting that the article didn't mention any previous consideration of a Hyatt merger...

I wonder what Dan will have to say about the effects of the new aquisition...

elya · « **Reply #10 on:** November 16, 2015, 07:59:22 AM »

So spg - airline transfers decimated?

Malachi · « **Reply #11 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:46:45 AM »

A sad sad day. Accumulated hundreds of thousands of Spg points and wham !

D93 · « **Reply #12 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:52:24 AM »

Quote from: Malachi on November 16, 2015, 08:46:45 AM

A sad sad day. Accumulated hundreds of thousands of Spg points and wham !

What's the "wham"? Nothing has been announced yet regarding the loyalty programs.

benjie1305 · « **Reply #13 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:53:32 AM »

Quote from: Malachi on November 16, 2015, 08:46:45 AM

A sad sad day. Accumulated hundreds of thousands of Spg points and wham !

Not sure why you are already concluding that your points are worthless.

itsyehuda · « **Reply #14 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:57:24 AM »

This is much worse than Hyatt buying them.

chulent613 · « **Reply #15 on:** November 16, 2015, 08:58:00 AM »

Is this merger final or its like the Chinese companies/Hyatt and next week the big news will be that Hilton is buying starwood

Chapshnell · « **Reply #16 on:** November 16, 2015, 09:07:37 AM »

Mergers are never good. Why contaminate a good SPG program?

So stupid!

tzifanya54 · « **Reply #17 on:** November 16, 2015, 09:09:28 AM »

Quote from: benjie1305 on November 16, 2015, 08:53:32 AM

Not sure why you are already concluding that your points are worthless.

Quote from: D93 on November 16, 2015, 08:52:24 AM

What's the "wham"? Nothing has been announced yet regarding the loyalty programs.

Quote from: tafastamerubaLOtafasta on November 16, 2015, 06:55:36 AM

how bad is this? how much is starpoints going to go down?

Quote from: Emkay on November 16, 2015, 07:06:26 AM

im not sure this is so bad

Most likely will be 1:1 conversion. If it's a 1:1 ratio then the value of spg goes down by 300%. How is that not bad? That makes every 100k worth 33k!

benjie1305 · « **Reply #18 on:** November 16, 2015, 09:10:55 AM »

Quote from: tzifanya54 on November 16, 2015, 09:09:28 AM

Most likely will be 1:1 conversion. If it's a 1:1 ratio then the value of spg goes down by 300%. How is that not bad? That makes every 100k worth 33k!

Lets not assume things until they actually announce what it'll be.

Chapshnell · « **Reply #19 on:** November 16, 2015, 09:12:16 AM »

I can see it already... For only 850,000 Marriott points per night you can stay in the St Regis NY.
#hotelpesos