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Marriott Bonvoy ‘Ambassador Elite’ Level : experiences (2020 and earlier)
Jun 6, 2018, 11:34 am
#196
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
I am currently an MR LTP and expect to be LTPP under the merged program (2900+ nights, 9+ million points) . I currently have 73 MR nights (including roll-over and credit card nights) and 8 SPG nights. If by the end of the year I have a combined total in excess of 100 and I spent $20K, will I have Ambassador status?
My reading of the current version of the rules is that anyone with 100+ combined nights and $20,000 combined "qualified spend" will get an Ambassador in the new program immediately, starting in August. In particular, anyone meeting these requirements *before* August should be assigned an Ambassador as soon as practical after August 1st, especially if there are 100+ Marriott only nights and over $20,000 in Marriott only "qualified spend" so that there's no combination of accounts involved, just like current MR LTPs will become LTPPs on August 1st.
Currently anyone with 100 SPG only nights gets an Ambassador immediately and this will continue through the end of the year, with such Ambassadors available to the SPG elite through/to February 2020.
Currently anyone with 100 SPG only nights gets an Ambassador immediately and this will continue through the end of the year, with such Ambassadors available to the SPG elite through/to February 2020.
Jun 6, 2018, 12:41 pm
#197
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
Jun 6, 2018, 12:46 pm
#198
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
My reading of the current version of the rules is that anyone with 100+ combined nights and $20,000 combined "qualified spend" will get an Ambassador in the new program immediately, starting in August. In particular, anyone meeting these requirements *before* August should be assigned an Ambassador as soon as practical after August 1st, especially if there are 100+ Marriott only nights and over $20,000 in Marriott only "qualified spend" so that there's no combination of accounts involved, just like current MR LTPs will become LTPPs on August 1st.
Currently anyone with 100 SPG only nights gets an Ambassador immediately and this will continue through the end of the year, with such Ambassadors available to the SPG elite through/to February 2020.
Currently anyone with 100 SPG only nights gets an Ambassador immediately and this will continue through the end of the year, with such Ambassadors available to the SPG elite through/to February 2020.
Jun 6, 2018, 12:54 pm
#199
Join Date: Jun 2018
Programs: Marriott Platinum Premier
Posts: 3
Two platinum Premier Elite 75 nights or One 100 night Ambassador?
My partner and I will both achieve 75 nights Platinum Premier Elite by the end of 2018. Would it make sense for one of us to accumulate all the nights and Points in 2019 so that we could share the additional benefits of 100 nights with Ambassador or is the benefit minimal compared to what we both enjoy as Platinum? This past year we have been able to alternate our reservations between the two accounts to maximize the Welcome Gift Points and any MegaBonus Points when staying for an extended period at one hotel.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Thanks in advance for any insight.
Jun 6, 2018, 12:56 pm
#200
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
Jun 6, 2018, 1:25 pm
#201
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SLC/HEL/Anywhere with a Beach
Programs: Marriott Ambassador; AA EXP 3MM; AS MVP, Hilton Gold, CH-47/UH-60/C-23/C-130 VET
Posts: 5,234
I'd say its not that hard but ...I've had the Marriott credit card for 10 years or so, so that counts as 150 nights plus a few per $3,000 in spend (I have only used for Marriott stays). Then we've had rollover for some period of time although I don't think I got rollover for a couple of years when first plat premier. So that's around 300/400 from rollover/credit card. Plus I think I had a meeting once so maybe that's 10 
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
Jun 6, 2018, 2:04 pm
#202
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Programs: Delta Diamond, Marriott Ambassador & Lifetime Titanium, Hertz President's Circle, United Silver
Posts: 6,334
Jun 6, 2018, 2:06 pm
#203
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Join Date: Jun 2005
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I'd say its not that hard but ...I've had the Marriott credit card for 10 years or so, so that counts as 150 nights plus a few per $3,000 in spend (I have only used for Marriott stays). Then we've had rollover for some period of time although I don't think I got rollover for a couple of years when first plat premier. So that's around 300/400 from rollover/credit card. Plus I think I had a meeting once so maybe that's 10
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
Jun 6, 2018, 2:11 pm
#204
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
We use the Marriott Visa for virtually everything so the nights & points continue to rack up.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:13 pm
#205
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
The vast majority of my travel is NOT to Sheboygan, Sioux City, etc. Most of mine is to larger cities like SFO, NYC, BOS, ORD, ATL, SEA, LAX, PDX, DFW, MSY, FLL, etc.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:16 pm
#206
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
I'd say its not that hard but ...I've had the Marriott credit card for 10 years or so, so that counts as 150 nights plus a few per $3,000 in spend (I have only used for Marriott stays). Then we've had rollover for some period of time although I don't think I got rollover for a couple of years when first plat premier. So that's around 300/400 from rollover/credit card. Plus I think I had a meeting once so maybe that's 10
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
The other 2000+ nights -- in Marriott/Renn/Autograph/CY/FI/RI/AC/TownPlace/Springhill -- working my way through 30 brands. I was a Club Marquis member along with the CY Club. Suspect DL Don was as well although he has me beat on points and miles!
Jun 6, 2018, 2:22 pm
#207
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
I do. No credit card nights in any form and no meeting nights, although I do have some RC nights in the mix (but not many), which I guess were counted double. Unlike SPG, MR cards don't say "member since" but I know I was a member of the Marquis Club way back, which would be several decades ago. The good news is that I only recall one Courtyard stay.
Jun 6, 2018, 2:42 pm
#208
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: SLC/HEL/Anywhere with a Beach
Programs: Marriott Ambassador; AA EXP 3MM; AS MVP, Hilton Gold, CH-47/UH-60/C-23/C-130 VET
Posts: 5,234
I do. No credit card nights in any form and no meeting nights, although I do have some RC nights in the mix (but not many), which I guess were counted double. Unlike SPG, MR cards don't say "member since" but I know I was a member of the Marquis Club way back, which would be several decades ago. The good news is that I only recall one Courtyard stay.
Did either of you get ambassadors?
Jun 6, 2018, 2:43 pm
#209
Join Date: May 2004
Location: SDF
Programs: DL:360/DM/6 MMer; Bonvoy: Lifetime Titanium 10+M pts, 3100+ nights;
Posts: 1,441
Jun 6, 2018, 2:56 pm
#210
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,417
Well there's three of us on here in that range -- although I'll confess I'm somewhere between 2000-2500 actual bib nights.
I've been trying hard to stick with the FS brands but too many places with the lower tier brands
Did either of you get ambassadors?
I've been trying hard to stick with the FS brands but too many places with the lower tier brands
Did either of you get ambassadors?
NO, and I voted with my feet: Only one or two MR nights last year (plus some rollover). I seem to be in the control group for the experiment and I don't like it. [Hyatt has treated me very well, but I earned some of their goodies too early in the year.] If I don't get an Ambassador pretty quickly, I'll disappear again.