Originally Posted by
Happy
You got it all wrong.
You confuse the needed Elite qualifying nights with the Elite status itself. The former is the eligible nights earned to qualify your next year status. The latter is the status you have, it does NOT carry ANY eligible night...
Instead of granting 15 elite nights now, upon July changes, Bold will only give 5 elite nights.
There is no such thing of 5 nights from Silver status, add on the current 15 elite nights. It is the 15 elite nights will be no more, and you only get 5 elite nights holding Bold starting January 2025 for existing cardholders and for new applications after Jul 11th 2024.
You will still get Silver, but you will only get 5 elite nights versus currently 15 elite nights.
Silver gives you zilch at Marriott, even Gold does not get much.
Changes to Chase Marriott Bonvoy Bold Elite Nights
I believe you are misunderstanding the impact of the changes:
Currently, if you were to apply for a bold card: You would immediately receive 15 Elite Night credits towards the next level of the program status. If you have 0 nights this immediate endowment will give you silver status. That is what has happened to me each year for the two years that I have had the card. So 15 elite nights = silver status.
With the July change: if you do not have the card, you will still need 15 elite nights to reach silver status.
With the July change: Bold cardholders will be given silver status automatically. In addition to this, they will also be granted 5 elite nights. If I will receive silver status immediately, how is this not the same as the previous endowment of 15 elite nights that would have given me silver if starting from 0 nights? And if I am being granted 5 elite nights in addition to this automatic silver status, how is this not technically 20 elite nights total?
Under the current plan: I need 25 nights to get to gold. When i am given the 15 elite night credit I just need 10 more elite nights to reach gold
Come July: I will be given silver automatically and to get to gold at 25 nights, I will just need 10 more elite nights from silver status.
The only how the July change could be a negative impact is if there is no resetting of accounts to 0 as is done with airline FF programs.