The St. Regis Macao recently announced that, starting March 1, 2025, Marriott Bonvoy Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador members will no longer receive the hotel’s breakfast benefit. This major change has sparked a lot of discussion among loyal guests, and many are also worried that it could spread to other St. Regis properties.
Based on my previous stays at Marriott hotels as a Platinum member, breakfast is usually very busy, and it’s common to wait 10-20 minutes for a table. Marriott may have looked at the situation and decided that too many elite members were using the benefit, which hurt the experience for guests who were actually paying for breakfast, so it made this change. In fact, brands like Ritz-Carlton and EDITION have never included breakfast as an elite-member benefit to begin with. Still, I hope this perk can stay, because otherwise the value of elite status drops significantly!
