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blitzen Aug 22, 2018 4:50 am


Originally Posted by Guillou (Post 30113450)
Showed originally as Plat but downgraded to Gold to today as well. Oh, well I'm Diamond with Hilton so I will just stay with them going forward (for both breakfast and lounge access). Had Marriott kept the "old gold" benefits I would have had around 20 nights with them this year but I'm just as fine with now booking Hilton.

Best thing to do ..... vote with your wallets

dw Aug 22, 2018 6:58 am

Oddly mine has not (yet) been changed to Gold... perhaps as more data is populated as my account activity is moved over as part of the merge process it will be

X-ON Aug 22, 2018 7:06 am

How long is it since you merged your accounts? The official stance is that all accounts at the moment is showing the correct current Elite Status unless your current status is lower than your LT status. MAR are still trying to reconcile the migrated and combined LT nights and years with the displayed LT status and the implied current status.

dw Aug 22, 2018 7:15 am


Originally Posted by X-ON (Post 30114775)
How long is it since you merged your accounts? The official stance is that all accounts at the moment is showing the correct current Elite Status unless your current status is lower than your LT status.

I merged my accounts Monday afternoon. Marriott (where I was previously matched to former Gold from SPG former Gold attained through my Amex Plat.. and which was incorrectly showing as new Plat) was merged into my SPG (which was correctly showing new Gold), and my SPG was at that point upgraded to new Plat.

Considering the issues I've been having with my SPG Amex, if I slip through the cracks in this area for four-five months, I'll take it.

blitzen Aug 23, 2018 10:56 am

Mine still shows (two days after merging Plat - Plat) as Platinum ..... maybe because the Amex SPG Gold was not “active” anymore .... cancelled the Amex a few month back but the Gold status stuck to the account

blitzen Aug 24, 2018 10:55 am

Just tried to get United Silver with Marriott Platinum but no go .... system said I need to be Platinum Elite to be eligible....... was that always this way ?

r3cycle19 Aug 24, 2018 11:14 am


Originally Posted by blitzen (Post 30125206)
Just tried to get United Silver with Marriott Platinum but no go .... system said I need to be Platinum Elite to be eligible....... was that always this way ?

If you go to the rewards plus website it does state it is for Platinum Premiers,

BKKWoof Sep 18, 2018 8:57 am

It's been a month since the last post to this thread. Does anyone have any recent experience as to their actual status once they have combined their SPG Gold (obtained through AMEX Plat benefit) with their Marriott? I have Gold with Marriott because of Gold status match from SPG side but I almost never use my SPG account. I haven't combined my account yet so curious to know of folks' recent experience.

phltraveler Sep 18, 2018 9:38 am


Originally Posted by blitzen (Post 30125206)
Just tried to get United Silver with Marriott Platinum but no go .... system said I need to be Platinum Elite to be eligible....... was that always this way ?

It was always that the 75 night level @ MR was required to get the UA Silver through RewardsPlus. So the title changed (75 night level was Platinum in legacy MR and Plat Premier in modern MR), but the nights/status requirement for the match did not.

dw Sep 18, 2018 12:55 pm


Originally Posted by BKKWoof (Post 30217012)
It's been a month since the last post to this thread. Does anyone have any recent experience as to their actual status once they have combined their SPG Gold (obtained through AMEX Plat benefit) with their Marriott? I have Gold with Marriott because of Gold status match from SPG side but I almost never use my SPG account. I haven't combined my account yet so curious to know of folks' recent experience.

I guess the question is... does your Marriott account current show as (new) Gold or (new) Platinum? If it was already correctly downgraded to (new) Gold, you already have the status that is currently offered through the Amex Plat benefit.

CKDGM Sep 18, 2018 6:48 pm

I have combined my accounts, and am new-Gold. With the Marriott and Starwood nights combined I would have Gold anyway (26 so far this year) so the card status is irrelevant.

Shame that I can't stack earned Gold, Amex Plat-granted Gold, and SPG Luxury-granted Gold to get Platinum or Platinum Premier, or at least new-Gold with the old-Gold 4pm late checkout added to it....


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