Hotel Needed in Miami

[Hawaiidan]

32 minutes ago, ExArkie said:

Understood. At the time that the benefits were set up between AmEx and the two hotel chains, those were comparable levels (e.g., Marriott Gold was given executive lounge access, breakfast at most brands, etc.). With the Starwood/Marriott merger, there were some significant change to the loyalty tiers in order to accommodate the differences between the two programs. This created a misalignment with AmEx benefits that has not yet been corrected, probably due to some contractual terms.

 

Since the hotel loyalty discussion is mostly off-topic now, I'd recommend anyone interested in further details check out the Marriott discussion group on FlyerTalk.

Bottom line.....do something...   don't waste money today that reaps you rewards tomorrow.

[ToxM]

3 hours ago, Harters said:

Yep. It is damn expensive. We did look at upgrading - it's a long flight and , as we get older, finding them harder. Maybe next time, we'll do more research but, for this cruise, it looked like it was filling up quickly so we just decided to get it booked.

I’ve successfully got them to remove air a couple of times, no questions asked - squirrel that nugget away as it may be useful.