Hi! I’m new to travel. I have the choice between Hilton and SPG hotels. Which would you recommend in terms of points redeeming and upgrades?

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Pretty much all of us do SPG , some Hyatt’s then third most common is Hilton

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Spg, no brainer

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Marriott and SPG is most common, especially since it’s one program now

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I use a spreadsheet to compare all the chains’ hotels within proximity of my client site, factoring in a) number of nights; b) each chain’s current promotions (I.e. Hilton double points, SPG Green Choice, Marriott MegaBonus, plus my status with each), CPP, and pt/$ values; and c) $ value and ROI % and decide ad hoc. Recently the winner has been Hilton due to double points (around 28 points/$), but if they stop double points in 2018 then Marriott and SPG will be top for me as I’m platinum with both

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Spg take the platinum challenge

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SPG is the way to go

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I’m top tier at Hilton and Marriott (and SPG). Since I’m on the Marriott side, I don’t get the extra SPG 75/100 night Platinum benefits. Given that, I find HHonors to be a very valuable program-good redemptions, international presence, and flexibility. If I were SPG 100 night Platinum, my response would likely differ.

In short, go for SPG if you think you’ll make 100 nights a year. If you think it will be less, I recommend Hilton.

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SPG is a much better program. See if they’re doing their Platinum accelerator, where if you stay 18 nights in a 90-day period you are automatically given Platinum status.

Marriott will match your SPG status.

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Spg, but trust me hotel upgrades are worth nothing.

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I see. I’m just looking forward to redeeming points during vacay national and international

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D2 provides a very good view, what I️ would say on top is that SPG is one of 4 “transfer hubs”. Chase, Amex and Citi TYP being the other 3. Having transfer flexibility to 40+ airlines will be very useful

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Marriott / SPG - they're all over the place! Better for building up points.

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SPG by far has the best points system in my opinion. I've done Marriott (before the acquisition) and Hilton too, but SPG definitely won.

Da ... SPG

A2 - I just got SPG gold for the 5th year so I’ll be Gold for life. How do I get Marriott to recognize my status (annual & life)?

IME status matches over automagically, like there’s a feed between the systems. So as long as your SPG status is still gold, Marriott will be as well. At least until they merge the two

A3 - Marriott will be merging the two programs next year. Your status will carry over automatically.

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