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Old Dec 1, 2019 | 9:36 am
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Originally Posted by sdsearch
[ S]peaking of hotel chains, it's not necessarily unrelated to airlines: Marriott has a tie-in with United, whereby Marriott Platinum members can get complimentary United Silver status (but no higher level). As long as that continues, Marriott Lifetime Platinum is a backdoor way of effectively getting (maybe) lifetime United Silver.
Originally Posted by SPN Lifer
That is my plan.

My wife and I have lifetime United Club membership (originally CO Presidents Club), so that would be a good combination for us.
When Marriott renamed the 75-night status from Platinum to Titanium in August 2018, and eliminated prospective lifetime Tit. qualification at year end, that option was foreclosed.
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