Marriott no longer matching SPG Gold via Amex Plat?
Mar 9, 2017, 8:16 pm
#32
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If you'd like to clarify, at what point is posting on FlyerTalk about a phone agent describing a massive shift in policy an overreaction? It didn't seem, at least to me, like OP was definitively stating a new policy, he made sure to qualify that he was describing what he was told by an agent of Marriott. Poor employee training is hardly OP's fault.
On a related note, I was bumped down to silver and had to spend about an hour on the phone total sorting it out. I probably wouldn't have even checked my Marriott status had I not been notified because of this thread.
On a related note, I was bumped down to silver and had to spend about an hour on the phone total sorting it out. I probably wouldn't have even checked my Marriott status had I not been notified because of this thread.
Mar 10, 2017, 1:29 am
#33
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Mar 13, 2017, 7:59 am
#34
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Thanks to Oformula and GUWonder.
I titled this thread with a ? and I pointed out that the info I received from Marriott seemed questionable.
As we've learned, no, Marriott is not changing their program.
I was upgraded back to gold today and consider this topic closed.
I titled this thread with a ? and I pointed out that the info I received from Marriott seemed questionable.
As we've learned, no, Marriott is not changing their program.
I was upgraded back to gold today and consider this topic closed.
Apr 20, 2017, 6:26 pm
#35
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On a related note, if you get Marriott Gold status through the Amex Platinum card, how many nights do you have to go to hit Marriott Platinum? Since you're Gold via Amex Platinum, are you effectively at 50 nights (i.e., 25 nights away) or 0 nights (i.e., 75 nights away)?
Put another way, can you stack the Amex Platinum with the Chase Marriott to get to 65 nights, so that you only have 10 nights to go to Platinum?
Put another way, can you stack the Amex Platinum with the Chase Marriott to get to 65 nights, so that you only have 10 nights to go to Platinum?
Apr 20, 2017, 6:36 pm
#36
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Apr 21, 2017, 8:33 am
#38
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I received my Platinum Charge Card yesterday and upgraded my SPG account then. Today I was able to match my Marriott Rewards account for an upgrade to Gold too.
May 9, 2017, 1:05 pm
#39
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Is there another way to go about getting this match besides calling Marriott cust. support?
May 9, 2017, 1:27 pm
#40
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It just happened automatically for me. Took a few days for the match to flow through, but it showed up eventually.
May 9, 2017, 1:33 pm
#41
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I agree. The reps probably don't do it manually and have no idea what we're talking about (although they still shouldn't be rude of course). If your SPG account is showing as Gold, and they are properly linked, I think your Marriott status will adjust to Gold within a few days.
May 9, 2017, 11:30 pm
#42
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Can't find the Starwood link but this Marriott one should work.
http://www.marriott.com/marriott-rew...my-accounts.mi
Jun 6, 2017, 10:55 am
#43
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Does anyone know if Gold status (SPG & Marriott) through AMEX platinum is daily checked against your holding AMEX platinum? Or is it only checked on anniversary of initial Gold status matching?
In other words, if I did the Gold status match last Nov, and I cancel my AMEX platinum today (June), do I keep the SPG & Marriott Gold status to Nov or lose them right away (June/July)?
In other words, if I did the Gold status match last Nov, and I cancel my AMEX platinum today (June), do I keep the SPG & Marriott Gold status to Nov or lose them right away (June/July)?
Jun 7, 2017, 3:21 am
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Does anyone know if Gold status (SPG & Marriott) through AMEX platinum is daily checked against your holding AMEX platinum? Or is it only checked on anniversary of initial Gold status matching?
In other words, if I did the Gold status match last Nov, and I cancel my AMEX platinum today (June), do I keep the SPG & Marriott Gold status to Nov or lose them right away (June/July)?
In other words, if I did the Gold status match last Nov, and I cancel my AMEX platinum today (June), do I keep the SPG & Marriott Gold status to Nov or lose them right away (June/July)?
And a completed Marriott status match based on SPG status won't get pulled because of an Amex card cancellation.
Jun 7, 2017, 9:35 am
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On a related note, if you get Marriott Gold status through the Amex Platinum card, how many nights do you have to go to hit Marriott Platinum? Since you're Gold via Amex Platinum, are you effectively at 50 nights (i.e., 25 nights away) or 0 nights (i.e., 75 nights away)?
Put another way, can you stack the Amex Platinum with the Chase Marriott to get to 65 nights, so that you only have 10 nights to go to Platinum?
Put another way, can you stack the Amex Platinum with the Chase Marriott to get to 65 nights, so that you only have 10 nights to go to Platinum?