May 9, 2018, 11:36 am
Last edit by: rny321
PATHWAYS TO LIFETIME PLATINUM PREMIER ELITE STATUS:
1. Legacy Marriott Lifetime Platinum - 750 [MR+SPG] nights & 2MM Marriott Rewards points earned - not available after 1/1/2019
2. New Combined Program - 750 [MR+SPG] nights & 10 years combined/total as Platinum members previously under MR and/or SPG as of 12/31/2018 - not available after 1/1/2019
From members.marriott.com:
NOTE: Members that reach 750 nights and 10 years at Platinum by December 31, 2018 will be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status (notified January 2019).
FAQ from members.marriott.com
Q: CAN I EARN LIFETIME STATUS UNDER THE LEGACY REQUIREMENTS (ACTIVE PRIOR TO AUGUST 2018) FOR LIFETIME ELITE STATUS IN MARRIOTT REWARDS, RITZ-CARLTON REWARDS OR SPG? IF SO, WHEN WILL I BE NOTIFIED OF MY LIFETIME ELITE STATUS?
A: Yes, in addition to earning based on the new criteria, members can earn Lifetime Elite Status under the legacy requirements through the end of 2018. If Lifetime status is achieved by legacy requirements, between August and December 31, 2018 you will receive notice of your updated Lifetime Elite status in January 2019. If Lifetime status is achieved based on the new criteria, you will be notified both in August 2018 as well as any time it is achieved through the end of the year.
Example: An SPG member has 300 Lifetime nights, 4 years of Gold Elite Status, and 1 year of Platinum Elite Status after August, 2018. Under the SPG legacy Lifetime requirements, this member would earn Lifetime Gold Elite status which would reflect in their account January 2019.
Q: IF I WILL NOT BE GRANDFATHERED INTO LIFETIME PLATINUM PREMIER ELITE, WILL I HAVE THE ABILITY TO EARN INTO THIS LEVEL IN 2018?
A: Yes, members can earn Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite in 2018 if they achieve 750 Lifetime nights and 10 years at Platinum Elite status. This requirement is only for 2018 and will not be continued in future years. Members will receive notice of this Lifetime achievement in January 2019.
1. Legacy Marriott Lifetime Platinum - 750 [MR+SPG] nights & 2MM Marriott Rewards points earned - not available after 1/1/2019
2. New Combined Program - 750 [MR+SPG] nights & 10 years combined/total as Platinum members previously under MR and/or SPG as of 12/31/2018 - not available after 1/1/2019
From members.marriott.com:
NOTE: Members that reach 750 nights and 10 years at Platinum by December 31, 2018 will be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status (notified January 2019).
FAQ from members.marriott.com
Q: CAN I EARN LIFETIME STATUS UNDER THE LEGACY REQUIREMENTS (ACTIVE PRIOR TO AUGUST 2018) FOR LIFETIME ELITE STATUS IN MARRIOTT REWARDS, RITZ-CARLTON REWARDS OR SPG? IF SO, WHEN WILL I BE NOTIFIED OF MY LIFETIME ELITE STATUS?
A: Yes, in addition to earning based on the new criteria, members can earn Lifetime Elite Status under the legacy requirements through the end of 2018. If Lifetime status is achieved by legacy requirements, between August and December 31, 2018 you will receive notice of your updated Lifetime Elite status in January 2019. If Lifetime status is achieved based on the new criteria, you will be notified both in August 2018 as well as any time it is achieved through the end of the year.
Example: An SPG member has 300 Lifetime nights, 4 years of Gold Elite Status, and 1 year of Platinum Elite Status after August, 2018. Under the SPG legacy Lifetime requirements, this member would earn Lifetime Gold Elite status which would reflect in their account January 2019.
Q: IF I WILL NOT BE GRANDFATHERED INTO LIFETIME PLATINUM PREMIER ELITE, WILL I HAVE THE ABILITY TO EARN INTO THIS LEVEL IN 2018?
A: Yes, members can earn Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite in 2018 if they achieve 750 Lifetime nights and 10 years at Platinum Elite status. This requirement is only for 2018 and will not be continued in future years. Members will receive notice of this Lifetime achievement in January 2019.
SPG Lifetime Platinums Can Now Qualify For Lifetime Titanium Status
May 31, 2018, 8:35 pm
#557
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SAN / CLD / SNA
Programs: 2mm+ UAL | Lifetime Titanium Marriott | Globalist Hyatt | SpireElite IHG
Posts: 262
Hallo to all, and a request for where to find some critical info in this confusing time 
After hitting Lifetime Plat SPG a few yrs ago, I began to stray to other programmes, so think rest of this year may be grinding to achieve the LTPP.
I gather is 750nights since 2000 (when SPG began tracking) and 10yrs Plat.
I can see, pretty easily, my sum total of nights stayed on SPG atop my Account (https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...unt/index.html)
Where might one find the metric of how many nights Platinum were achieved?
If, for example, I had 730nights, and 10yrs Plat, I would grind it out without a 2nd thought, but if I had only 8yrs Plat, it wouldn't be worth doing.
Any idea where to find a formal metric on either website (Marriott or SPG)?
Thanks, and apologies if this surfaced in any of the 38pages prior
After hitting Lifetime Plat SPG a few yrs ago, I began to stray to other programmes, so think rest of this year may be grinding to achieve the LTPP.
I gather is 750nights since 2000 (when SPG began tracking) and 10yrs Plat.
I can see, pretty easily, my sum total of nights stayed on SPG atop my Account (https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...unt/index.html)
Where might one find the metric of how many nights Platinum were achieved?
If, for example, I had 730nights, and 10yrs Plat, I would grind it out without a 2nd thought, but if I had only 8yrs Plat, it wouldn't be worth doing.
Any idea where to find a formal metric on either website (Marriott or SPG)?
Thanks, and apologies if this surfaced in any of the 38pages prior
May 31, 2018, 8:40 pm
#558
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicago
Programs: Hyatt Glob; UA 1K; BonVoyage LTT (RIP SPG); HH Dia; JX Insighter
Posts: 1,642
Hallo to all, and a request for where to find some critical info in this confusing time
After hitting Lifetime Plat SPG a few yrs ago, I began to stray to other programmes, so think rest of this year may be grinding to achieve the LTPP.
I gather is 750nights since 2000 (when SPG began tracking) and 10yrs Plat.
I can see, pretty easily, my sum total of nights stayed on SPG atop my Account (https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...unt/index.html)
Where might one find the metric of how many nights Platinum were achieved?
If, for example, I had 730nights, and 10yrs Plat, I would grind it out without a 2nd thought, but if I had only 8yrs Plat, it wouldn't be worth doing.
Any idea where to find a formal metric on either website (Marriott or SPG)?
Thanks, and apologies if this surfaced in any of the 38pages prior
After hitting Lifetime Plat SPG a few yrs ago, I began to stray to other programmes, so think rest of this year may be grinding to achieve the LTPP.
I gather is 750nights since 2000 (when SPG began tracking) and 10yrs Plat.
I can see, pretty easily, my sum total of nights stayed on SPG atop my Account (https://www.starwoodhotels.com/prefe...unt/index.html)
Where might one find the metric of how many nights Platinum were achieved?
If, for example, I had 730nights, and 10yrs Plat, I would grind it out without a 2nd thought, but if I had only 8yrs Plat, it wouldn't be worth doing.
Any idea where to find a formal metric on either website (Marriott or SPG)?
Thanks, and apologies if this surfaced in any of the 38pages prior
May 31, 2018, 8:56 pm
#559
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
I think @KevinS wants to know how to find out/where to look to see how many years Platinum s/he has, so far, in order to figure out if it is worth doing an MR.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
May 31, 2018, 8:59 pm
#560
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: SNA
Programs: AA EXP, UA 1K (until it expires then never again), *wood Plat, Marriott Gold
Posts: 9,239
I hit SPG LT PLAT last year and have 692 nights at SPG, I was trying to figure if I could find a way to get the extra nights to reach 750 but just realized, if I’m understanding this correctly, my 77 lifetime Marriott nights will combine on Aug 1 and I should already be set for LTPP. Is that correct?
May 31, 2018, 9:01 pm
#561
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
I hit SPG LT PLAT last year and have 692 nights at SPG, I was trying to figure if I could find a way to get the extra nights to reach 750 but just realized, if I’m understanding this correctly, my 77 lifetime Marriott nights will combine on Aug 1 and I should already be set for LTPP. Is that correct?
May 31, 2018, 9:24 pm
#563
Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Chicago
Programs: Hyatt Glob; UA 1K; BonVoyage LTT (RIP SPG); HH Dia; JX Insighter
Posts: 1,642
I think @KevinS wants to know how to find out/where to look to see how many years Platinum s/he has, so far, in order to figure out if it is worth doing an MR.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
May 31, 2018, 9:34 pm
#564
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
May 31, 2018, 9:35 pm
#565
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SAN / CLD / SNA
Programs: 2mm+ UAL | Lifetime Titanium Marriott | Globalist Hyatt | SpireElite IHG
Posts: 262
Aha! While @yyznomad correctly inferred what I wanted, that makes sense actually @CLEguy.
Since, as per SPG website To earn Starwood Preferred Guest Lifetime Platinum status, you must have a minimum of 10 years of earned Platinum status during your account tenure AND 500 eligible nights since joining the program. if I hit LifetimePlat, I had to have had the 10yrs earned Plat already.
So now to get from SPG 729 nights since 2000
and Marriott showing 15nights, but I think I only had 6.
Need to rack up between 6-15nights by EOY then, and I have 10nights in BOS already booked for Jun, so think I'll make it
Is there not something from Marriott that shows a 'formal' calculation?
Would be horrible to think I calculated right and then miss that by 3 or 4 nights...
Since, as per SPG website To earn Starwood Preferred Guest Lifetime Platinum status, you must have a minimum of 10 years of earned Platinum status during your account tenure AND 500 eligible nights since joining the program. if I hit LifetimePlat, I had to have had the 10yrs earned Plat already.
So now to get from SPG 729 nights since 2000
and Marriott showing 15nights, but I think I only had 6.Need to rack up between 6-15nights by EOY then, and I have 10nights in BOS already booked for Jun, so think I'll make it
Is there not something from Marriott that shows a 'formal' calculation?
Would be horrible to think I calculated right and then miss that by 3 or 4 nights...
May 31, 2018, 9:45 pm
#566
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Albany, NY
Programs: SPG LTP, Hyatt Globalist, HH Gold, IHGPlat, RadGold, Marriott Plat, BW Diamond
Posts: 172
Aha! While @yyznomad correctly inferred what I wanted, that makes sense actually @CLEguy.
Since, as per SPG website To earn Starwood Preferred Guest Lifetime Platinum status, you must have a minimum of 10 years of earned Platinum status during your account tenure AND 500 eligible nights since joining the program. if I hit LifetimePlat, I had to have had the 10yrs earned Plat already.
So now to get from SPG 729 nights since 2000 and Marriott showing 15nights, but I think I only had 6.
Need to rack up between 6-15nights by EOY then, and I have 10nights in BOS already booked for Jun, so think I'll make it
Is there not something from Marriott that shows a 'formal' calculation?
Would be horrible to think I calculated right and then miss that by 3 or 4 nights...
Since, as per SPG website To earn Starwood Preferred Guest Lifetime Platinum status, you must have a minimum of 10 years of earned Platinum status during your account tenure AND 500 eligible nights since joining the program. if I hit LifetimePlat, I had to have had the 10yrs earned Plat already.
So now to get from SPG 729 nights since 2000
and Marriott showing 15nights, but I think I only had 6.Need to rack up between 6-15nights by EOY then, and I have 10nights in BOS already booked for Jun, so think I'll make it
Is there not something from Marriott that shows a 'formal' calculation?
Would be horrible to think I calculated right and then miss that by 3 or 4 nights...
May 31, 2018, 10:26 pm
#567
Join Date: Jan 2013
Location: CEB - primary/YVR -secondary
Programs: AC*Super Elite (100K) / PR*Elite / AY*Platinum (OWE) / SPG*Bonvoy Titanium (LTT)
Posts: 2,270
I think @KevinS wants to know how to find out/where to look to see how many years Platinum s/he has, so far, in order to figure out if it is worth doing an MR.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
People have only mentioned the SPG dashboard, but mine only indicates 16 years Elite, but doesn't tell me how many years of those that I was Platinum.
Before LTP
After LTP. And soon to be LTPP
Jun 1, 2018, 12:30 am
#568
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: LAX
Programs: UA1KMM SPGPLAT
Posts: 480
Real Benefits of Lifetime Platinum Premier?
Does anybody know the actual tangible benefits of Lifetime Platinum Premier status -- over and above Lifetime Platinum status? The only thing I have seen so far is a slight premium in earnings for stays. Is there any other advantage, such as upgrade priority, additional amenities, etc.? Maybe better treatment at Ritz Carltons? Thanks.
Jun 1, 2018, 12:56 am
#569
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: LGA/JFK/EWR
Programs: UA 1K1.75MM, Hyatt Globalist, abandoned Marriott LTT (RIP SPG), Hertz PC
Posts: 21,166
Does anybody know the actual tangible benefits of Lifetime Platinum Premier status -- over and above Lifetime Platinum status? The only thing I have seen so far is a slight premium in earnings for stays. Is there any other advantage, such as upgrade priority, additional amenities, etc.? Maybe better treatment at Ritz Carltons? Thanks.
48 hour guaranteed space
Upgrade priority still not confirmed
It's better than a sharp stick in the eye at R-Cs (but still no breakfast for you!)
Jun 1, 2018, 1:50 am
#570
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: YVR
Programs: AC SE 2MM; UA MP Premier Silver; Marriott Bonvoy LT Titanium Elite; Radisson; Avis PC
Posts: 35,255
Congrats, btw, for getting over the 750 and 10 year hump.