Originally Posted by
Elite VIP
Any suggestions for getting Marriott to give a higher level match in order to earn my future business?
Well usually it is just the opposite. You stay at their properties and as a result you then
earn the status based on your stays.
Originally Posted by
Elite VIP
I am currently Hilton Diamond and SPG Platinum and could not get any match from Marriott. Currently at Silver with Marriott, but earned by staying 10 nites (whoo hoo!).
As previously stated Marriott is very picky with whom they comp status or provide Elite challenges if they do at all. They will ask for you to FAX proof of your stay patterns that support your elite level in other programs and will determine if it warrants comped status or status challenge in Marriott Rewards. But then again you already know that. From your previous posts it appears as though SPG comped you Platinum, but then again they comp everyone. I get a Gold SPG comp every year and I almost never stay there.
Originally Posted by
Elite VIP
After following a thread on FT about status matching, I recently contacted Marriott and SPG (and a few other hotel chains) by fax requesting a status match to my HHonors Diamond level...provided all the requested docs such as statements and copy of Elite card...it's been about 2 weeks and no responses yet.
So in the case of your SPG Platinum status you will not be able to provide supporting stays since it also was comped.
Considering HHonors Diamond level can be attained in as little as 28 nights (28 stays) or may take as many as 60 nights, then depending on your stay pattern I am not surprised that Marriott decided not to hand out Gold (50 nights) or Platinum (75 nights) status.
But now you did ask for suggestions so here they are:
1) Get a MR Premier Visa card as it will give you 15 nights credit each year toward your status.
2) Stay an additional 25 nights in addition to the 10 nights you have already stayed plus the Visa card credit and you will
earn Gold.
3) Stay an additional 25 nights on top of that and you will
earn Platinum.
Do all of the above within 12 months of your first nights stay this year and you will earn your status on a rolling 12 month qualification. For more information on rolling 12 months, do a search on rolling 12 months.
Marriott Rewards is one of the best programs out there IMO and as such it is very difficult to attain and maintain status. Once you have earned status, you are very happy that the occassions of status matching are few and far between. This keeps the program from being diluted, and better access to the limited benefits by those of us who earn status.