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To view your cumulative years of status at each level, log into your Marriott or SPG account and then visit https://www.marriott.com/rewards/myA...ightDetails.mi
Until you merge accounts, the summary will show only the stats for whichever legacy program account youre logged into (and not your combined totals in the new program).
Why does my Marriott lifetime elite total show several years of Plat status? I was Gold in the past, but never earned Plat.
Confusingly, Marriott has changed the terminology for elite levels in the new program. In the past, Gold meant you had 50+ nights in one year; going forward, Gold is the 25-night level & members who stay 50+ nights are Plat.
As a result, all prior years at the old, harder-to-earn Gold level are treated as Plat in the new program. Heres how Starwood Lurker explained things in the wiki (FAQ B4) at https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star...tml#lifeheader:
Until you merge accounts, the summary will show only the stats for whichever legacy program account youre logged into (and not your combined totals in the new program).
Why does my Marriott lifetime elite total show several years of Plat status? I was Gold in the past, but never earned Plat.
Confusingly, Marriott has changed the terminology for elite levels in the new program. In the past, Gold meant you had 50+ nights in one year; going forward, Gold is the 25-night level & members who stay 50+ nights are Plat.
As a result, all prior years at the old, harder-to-earn Gold level are treated as Plat in the new program. Heres how Starwood Lurker explained things in the wiki (FAQ B4) at https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/star...tml#lifeheader:
Past years at applicable Marriott Rewards and Ritz-Carlton Rewards Elite Night levels will be counted in the following way:
Previous Member Level -> New Member Tenure Level
Years at Silver Elite (10 nights) Years count as Silver Elite
Years at Gold Elite (50 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
Years at Platinum Elite (75 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
Years at Platinum Premier Elite (unpublished) Years count as Platinum Elite
Past years in SPG Elite levels will be counted in the following way:Years at Silver Elite (10 nights) Years count as Silver Elite
Years at Gold Elite (50 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
Years at Platinum Elite (75 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
Years at Platinum Premier Elite (unpublished) Years count as Platinum Elite
Previous Member Level -> New Member Tenure Level
Years at Gold Preferred (25 nights) Years count as Gold Elite
Years at Platinum Preferred (50/75/100 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
The years that members achieved Elite status due to credit cards will count towards Lifetime status.
Years at Gold Preferred (25 nights) Years count as Gold Elite
Years at Platinum Preferred (50/75/100 nights) Years count as Platinum Elite
Years of status is available
#107
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Search the wiki at Official announcement See how our three loyalty programs will become one in August for "match" to see what I mean.
#108
Join Date: May 2009
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Several people asked this in a variety of ways and about a variety of circumstances (soft landings, RewardsPlus match, etc.) and Starwood Lurker passed back answers from corporate that said, in effect, "that's proprietary & we won't tell you the answer."
Search the wiki at Official announcement See how our three loyalty programs will become one in August for "match" to see what I mean.
Search the wiki at Official announcement See how our three loyalty programs will become one in August for "match" to see what I mean.
#109
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
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That certainly agrees with my experience - coming from the legacy MR side (and qualifying for old MR LTP/new LTPP via nights + points before 08/18), I had a status linked match to SPG Plat for 2017+ 2018 and those are being counted as two years "at Plat" on Marriott.com, despite not organically earning SPG plat separately in the SPG program via nights.
So different members are seeing differing results right now. We still don't know with 100% certainty what the intent was/is. We can, however, be fairly certain that eventually a single policy will be swept across all accounts, and thus some might see MR giveth, and some might see MR taketh away (and don't think they might be afraid to do it due to some notion of backlash - my account just spent 24 hours with bold red text warning me that my LT status could not currently be displayed due to possible discrepancies, apparently none of which were found - yet).
#110
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Programs: AA lifetime GLD; UA Silver; Marriott LTTE; IHG Plat,
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We can, however, be fairly certain that eventually a single policy will be swept across all accounts, and thus some might see MR giveth, and some might see MR taketh away (and don't think they might be afraid to do it due to some notion of backlash - my account just spent 24 hours with bold red text warning me that my LT status could not currently be displayed due to possible discrepancies, apparently none of which were found - yet).
In some cases, the errors will be in the customers' favor, and Marriott is not likely to get requests to correct. But even in those cases where the elite year count is incorrectly low, some members may not notice. Some members won't remember or have records going back a decade or two of what their actual elite years were. And even those who are low, and have good records, Marriott's statement that the determination of which types of elite years count is proprietary makes it difficult to protest or appeal.
So given all this, it seems highly likely that when all is said and done, some members will have an incorrect elite year count going forward in perpetuity.
Last edited by swag; Aug 24, 2018 at 1:19 pm Reason: typo
#112
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
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Actually, this point is well taken. I suppose that around these parts (FT), we forget how little the vast majority of the population will ever take notice of one way or the other, and no doubt MR will be content to just accept an average wash with errors in both directions.
#113
Join Date: Dec 2009
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Just FYI all, status.marriott.com now claims that your LT status is now correct, so it's entirely within the realm of possibility that they are satisfied with whatever your account now reflects and will not be applying any further scripts.
#114
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Houston
Programs: AA EXP; Hyatt Globalist; Marriott Titanium, Hilton Diamond, UA 1.56MM (fmr UA1K)
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I’m pretty perplexed. Mine still showed unchanged this evening—the loyalty site is down now so maybe it’s doing something?. I had no buybacks and only one gold—>plat challenge. No status via RewardsPlus. I do have nights from the MR CC but I’m sure most of us do. Every year since 2010 either MR Gold or MR Plat and it shows only 2 years MR Plat. 550 MR nights. Before combining SPG showed 2 years plat so I’m assuming it’s from the match as I was never SPG plat by other means.
#115
Join Date: Nov 2010
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The merge isn't finished yet so some reporting missing years and some reporting unexpected additional years. So those with more than expected years credited - don't get hopes up it will stay that way. Those with fewer than expected years - don't get all upset because updates are continuing.
#116
Join Date: Jul 2011
Programs: Delta Platinum & MM, Marriott Lifetime Platinum, National Car Executive
Posts: 400
Any consensus on whether status earned in 2018 for 2019 is included when you visit https://www.marriott.com/rewards/myA...ightDetails.mi"
Mine is still showing 0 as Platinum when logging in under Marriott but I have earned it this year with 50 nights. I want to make sure that when I combine my accounts with 9 Platinum years with SPG including this year I get the Lifetime Platinum I am expecting. I am over 600 nights combined.
When I log in via SPG it shows 9 which does include this year. So I am confused whether Lifetime years should or should not include status earned this year for 2019. Or could it just be designed to work differently when loging in to Marriott rather than SPG?
Mine is still showing 0 as Platinum when logging in under Marriott but I have earned it this year with 50 nights. I want to make sure that when I combine my accounts with 9 Platinum years with SPG including this year I get the Lifetime Platinum I am expecting. I am over 600 nights combined.
When I log in via SPG it shows 9 which does include this year. So I am confused whether Lifetime years should or should not include status earned this year for 2019. Or could it just be designed to work differently when loging in to Marriott rather than SPG?
#117
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
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Any consensus on whether status earned in 2018 for 2019 is included when you visit https://www.marriott.com/rewards/myA...ightDetails.mi"
Mine is still showing 0 as Platinum when logging in under Marriott but I have earned it this year with 50 nights.
Mine is still showing 0 as Platinum when logging in under Marriott but I have earned it this year with 50 nights.
#118
Join Date: Jul 2011
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50 nights with legacy Marriott in addition to your earned SPG Plat? While there've been a variety of experiences, the policy was supposed to be that you could earn two years Plat in 2018 by qualifying in both programs separately - not through account linking. Not clear from your post what your exact scenario is.
So as I understand the policy it should be 2 years platinum earned in 2018 for 2019 and a total of 10 lifetime (i.e. 8+0+2=10). With over 600 nights combined that should be Lifetime platinum.
But the lifetime years at the platinum level I find right now on the iphone App and visiting the website are 9 for SPG and 0 for Marriott.
#119
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Exact scenario is prior to 2018 I had 8 years of SPG Plat and 0 years of Marriott anything over silver. I have 28 stays and 45 nights in 2018 at SPG. I have 56 nights at Marriott in 2018.
So as I understand the policy it should be 2 years platinum earned in 2018 for 2019 and a total of 10 lifetime (i.e. 8+0+2=10). With over 600 nights combined that should be Lifetime platinum.
But the lifetime years at the platinum level I find right now on the iphone App and visiting the website are 9 for SPG and 0 for Marriott.
So as I understand the policy it should be 2 years platinum earned in 2018 for 2019 and a total of 10 lifetime (i.e. 8+0+2=10). With over 600 nights combined that should be Lifetime platinum.
But the lifetime years at the platinum level I find right now on the iphone App and visiting the website are 9 for SPG and 0 for Marriott.
#120
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Q regarding LT years - I split time between SPG and Marriott this year. On combining, my nights reach Platinum Premier (which is the status I have currently/earned last year so no change there). I expect at some point to get one more year tacked on for Years as Platinum or higher.
Has this updated for anyone yet?
Has this updated for anyone yet?