Dear Owner,
As a benefit of membership within the Vistana Signature Network™, Owners receive Elite status in the Starwood Preferred Guest® program and access to an award-winning global portfolio of hotels and resorts, unique experiences and rich redemption possibilities.
Good news. Marriott International recently announced that beginning August 2018, its loyalty brands — Marriott Rewards®, SPG®, and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® — will come together as one powerful program. For now, individual program names will stay the same until 2019, but everything else will be consolidated.
With the opportunity to leverage the best of all programs, we want to take this opportunity to share what these exciting changes mean for you.
How does this affect Owners?
• To align trading values in the combined program, your Starpoints® balance will be multiplied by 3 with a one-time adjustment in August.
• Whether you own one of our weeks products or new points products, your conversion value will also be adjusted to reflect the new 1:3 change.
• Owners will retain their existing SPG Gold- or Platinum-level status with loyalty benefits remaining largely intact.
• The ability to convert a weeks or points product into Starpoints, along with the applicable rules, will remain the same.
Program highlights
• Earn and redeem points at more than 6,500 hotels across 29 brands with no blackout dates. Ever.
• Simplify your experience with one loyalty account, profile, login and points balance.
• Members will earn ten points for every dollar spent at all brands except for Residence Inn®, TownePlace Suites® and Element℠ which will be five points per every dollar spent.
• Access more airline partners than ever before and transfer points to frequent-flyer miles with the new ratio of three points for one mile.
Your new benefits will take effect starting in August. If you have yet to do so, we encourage all Owners with a Marriott Rewards account to link it to their SPG account to discover all the opportunities that come along with transferring points between accounts and status match.
Thank you for your continued loyalty. For a full list of FAQs, click here. If you have any additional questions, please contact Owner Services at 800-847-8262.
We will update you as more information becomes available.
Regards,
Stephen G. Williams
Chief Commercial Officer
As a benefit of membership within the Vistana Signature Network™, Owners receive Elite status in the Starwood Preferred Guest® program and access to an award-winning global portfolio of hotels and resorts, unique experiences and rich redemption possibilities.
Good news. Marriott International recently announced that beginning August 2018, its loyalty brands — Marriott Rewards®, SPG®, and The Ritz-Carlton Rewards® — will come together as one powerful program. For now, individual program names will stay the same until 2019, but everything else will be consolidated.
With the opportunity to leverage the best of all programs, we want to take this opportunity to share what these exciting changes mean for you.
How does this affect Owners?
• To align trading values in the combined program, your Starpoints® balance will be multiplied by 3 with a one-time adjustment in August.
• Whether you own one of our weeks products or new points products, your conversion value will also be adjusted to reflect the new 1:3 change.
• Owners will retain their existing SPG Gold- or Platinum-level status with loyalty benefits remaining largely intact.
• The ability to convert a weeks or points product into Starpoints, along with the applicable rules, will remain the same.
Program highlights
• Earn and redeem points at more than 6,500 hotels across 29 brands with no blackout dates. Ever.
• Simplify your experience with one loyalty account, profile, login and points balance.
• Members will earn ten points for every dollar spent at all brands except for Residence Inn®, TownePlace Suites® and Element℠ which will be five points per every dollar spent.
• Access more airline partners than ever before and transfer points to frequent-flyer miles with the new ratio of three points for one mile.
Your new benefits will take effect starting in August. If you have yet to do so, we encourage all Owners with a Marriott Rewards account to link it to their SPG account to discover all the opportunities that come along with transferring points between accounts and status match.
Thank you for your continued loyalty. For a full list of FAQs, click here. If you have any additional questions, please contact Owner Services at 800-847-8262.
We will update you as more information becomes available.
Regards,
Stephen G. Williams
Chief Commercial Officer