Mar 23 2016, 02:09 PM
QUOTE(tishaban @ Mar 23 2016, 01:13 PM)
So far I've been treated quite well as SPG Gold in the US. When I'm traveling alone on business I don't really care about room upgrades etc but the 4pm late checkout is almost always a given and it's a huge advantage. I've not tried it yet but the online check in/key is also a nice advantage especially if you're checking in to a busy hotel like the Sheraton NYC where there's like 30+ people waiting in the regular line and 20+ people waiting in the SPG Gold/Platinum line to check in 
I was Accor Platinum for 1 year back when I traveled Europe a lot. Locally I like the Pullman in Kuching and Putrajaya, fantastic hotels with very reasonable rates but I don't get recognized or upgraded much (at all?). It's like most of them don't know what Accor Platinum is although this was probably 3-4 years ago. So I used up several thousand points to get the cash vouchers and haven't stayed at Accor hotels much.
Hyatt is nice but as you said, expensive if you're paying yourself. I also don't see much benefit being Hyatt Platinum during my last stay at Grand Hyatt Singapore. Their cash + points rates are very attractive though so I might just continue this one.
Finally I recently started with IHG, fantastic service and upgrade at the Intercontinental while I was in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. Great service at the Holiday Inn Melaka some weeks back too, but I didn't get an upgrade. I might stay with IHG for awhile.
I don't do Marriott, not yet at least
Really nice to read about your story and your international trips. Thanks for sharing I was Accor Platinum for 1 year back when I traveled Europe a lot. Locally I like the Pullman in Kuching and Putrajaya, fantastic hotels with very reasonable rates but I don't get recognized or upgraded much (at all?). It's like most of them don't know what Accor Platinum is although this was probably 3-4 years ago. So I used up several thousand points to get the cash vouchers and haven't stayed at Accor hotels much.
Hyatt is nice but as you said, expensive if you're paying yourself. I also don't see much benefit being Hyatt Platinum during my last stay at Grand Hyatt Singapore. Their cash + points rates are very attractive though so I might just continue this one.
Finally I recently started with IHG, fantastic service and upgrade at the Intercontinental while I was in Saudi Arabia earlier this year. Great service at the Holiday Inn Melaka some weeks back too, but I didn't get an upgrade. I might stay with IHG for awhile.
I don't do Marriott, not yet at least
I dont have any strong reasons to travel outside M'sia as of yet....I choose to stay at SPG during the height of FATs & new projects because of its abundance locally, and most of the properties are really good. We got corporate rates with Hyatt KK that makes it cheaper than the Le Meridien KK, while the property was old & the lifts are rickety, but every points earned over there i can redeem fpr C+P for Grand Hyatt KL.
If Kuching still have that Holiday Inn i may give IHG a try, but also not much worthwile property to collect points for local travel/stay.
My Marriott account still zero activity since the first day of signing up in 2014
I'm confident that will stay that way even after they bought SPG over....macam lah takde hotel lain nak stay that is cheaper & perhaps better.
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