Originally Posted by
AJNEDC (Post # 19) (prior thread)
I rely on the no-annual fee Bonvoy Visa as my back up CC. It provides 15 free nights and those combined with my personal and business travel this year, will get me to platinum in October.
Originally Posted by
AJNEDC (Post # 3)
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.
Originally Posted by
GoSh4rks (Post # 26) (prior thread)
Status is independent of elite nights. You can be given Silver/Gold/Plat (with various credit cards) and have 0 elite nights to your name.
Moreover, there are separate thresholds for achieving status via Elite Qualifying Nights (EQN).
10 EQN = Silver Elite
25 EQN = Gold Elite
50 EQN = Platinum Elite
75 EQN = Titanium Elite
100 EQN + $23K spend = Ambassador Elite
Note that, as
GoSh4rks points out, attaining Marriott
BONV°Y Elite status through airline status or credit card membership does not grant you any EQN whatsoever
as a result of such status.
The only EQN you get are what the credit card contract provides for, that is, 5 (Bold) (starting in July if EQN not received previously), 15, or 25 (Brilliant) EQN. They
do not come "from" the Elite status.
Having received 15 EQN from a Bold card in early 2024, one will receive neither a decrease to nor an increase of 5 EQN, and 10 additional EQN will be required this year to make Gold. Receiving 5 EQN in early 2025 from a Bold card, 20 additional EQN will be required to make Gold then.