Last edit by: gudugan
How to View Lifetime Status: https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-22489
Lifetime Status Details: https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-22145
Elite processing: https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-34363
If you achieved a higher Elite status during 2022, your 2022 Eligible Status Year for the new, higher tier was applied at the time of achievement.
If you did not meet the published criteria to renew your current status in 2022, your 2022 Eligible Status Year for your current status will be added in January 2023, and your Eligible Status Year for your new status will be added in March 2023 when your Elite status is updated.
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As part of our regular process, Members receive their qualifying year towards Lifetime Elite status in one of two ways:
If you maintain the same Elite level for 2022, your 2022 year of Elite status will be applied to your Account in January 2023. If you achieve a higher Elite level during 2022, your 2022 year of tenure for the new, higher level will be applied at the time of achievement.
Examples:
Lifetime Status Details: https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-22145
Elite processing: https://help.marriott.com/s/article/Article-34363
How will my Eligible Status Years for 2022 be applied to my Account and when?
If you maintained the same Elite status in 2022 that you started with in 2022 , your 2022 Eligible Status Year for your current status will be applied to your Account in January 2023.If you achieved a higher Elite status during 2022, your 2022 Eligible Status Year for the new, higher tier was applied at the time of achievement.
If you did not meet the published criteria to renew your current status in 2022, your 2022 Eligible Status Year for your current status will be added in January 2023, and your Eligible Status Year for your new status will be added in March 2023 when your Elite status is updated.
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When will my 2021 qualifying year of Elite status be applied to my Account so I can track my path to Lifetime Elite Status?
As part of our regular process, Members receive their qualifying year towards Lifetime Elite status in one of two ways:
- If you maintain the same Elite level that you started the year with, your Qualifying Year of Elite status will be applied to your Account in January of the following year. Please Note: In November 2021, when we extended the Elite status that Members earned in 2019 or 2020, Members received their 2021 Qualifying Year of Elite status.
- If you achieve a higher Elite level during the year than the previous year, your Qualifying Year for the new, higher level will be applied at the time of achievement. Please Note: If you achieved a higher Elite level during 2021, your 2021 qualifying year of Elite status, was applied at the time of achievement.
If you maintain the same Elite level for 2022, your 2022 year of Elite status will be applied to your Account in January 2023. If you achieve a higher Elite level during 2022, your 2022 year of tenure for the new, higher level will be applied at the time of achievement.
Examples:
- A Member achieved Gold Elite in 2019 and enjoyed the status in 2020. They received their 2020 year of Gold Elite status in July 2020 when we extended their status. Due to status extensions, the Member received their 2021 year of tenure in November 2021 when they their status was extended to February 2023.
- A Member achieved Platinum Elite in 2020 and enjoyed the status in 2021. They received their 2021 year of Platinum status in November 2021 when they their status was extended to February 2023.
- A Gold Elite Member achieved Platinum Elite in April 2021; the Platinum year of Elite status for 2021 was applied upon achievement (in April 2021).
Marriott Lifetime Elite Status General Discussion [Master Thread]
#646
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: Hong Kong
Programs: Bonvoy LT Plat
Posts: 153
The incentive is the same incentive as you had to stay any year after you locked in status for the next year. I have always continued to stay because I get lounge access and upgrades, etc. No point in attaining status and then going elsewhere where you won't get those benefits until you hit status.
Similar to airlines. I have status with *A and OW and thus I ignore SkyTeam as much as possible. Otherwise I'm at the back of the check-in line and end of the boarding procedure with no place to put my overhead.
Similar to airlines. I have status with *A and OW and thus I ignore SkyTeam as much as possible. Otherwise I'm at the back of the check-in line and end of the boarding procedure with no place to put my overhead.
You can get a status match and start at the same level at a new chain.
Ideally I would love to have life time status at 2 or 3 chains when I stop traveling so much so that I can have my choice of brand on my own time without having to worry about giving up the little perks.
I gain not much but points continuing on with Marriott at this point. (sure the few things a titanium gets, but that isn't compelling enough)
If you had lifetime at OW then you could status match to skyteam and not worry about being at the back of the line etc. So i don't really get your point.
#647
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: EDUU
Programs: Marriott Titanium Elite, HH Diamond, PC Plat Amb, BA EC Gold, Asiana Diamond, TK Elite
Posts: 193
Does anyone know, when your lifetime years get updated. I reached 2 days ago my 50 nights to renew my Platinum for this years and should have reached my 10 years as Platinum, but my year counter is still showing 9 years.
Thanks
David
Thanks
David
#648
Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: San Juan Capistrano, CA
Programs: Bonvoy Titanium, Hilton Diamond, AA 2.5 MM, United Gold, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,460
Where is your year counter? I can't find it on the website.
#649
Company Representative, Marriott Bonvoy
Join Date: Feb 2019
Programs: Marriott Bonvoy
Posts: 1,080
We are advised that members' year count will not be updated until the year-end review is completed. Thus your year counter will be updated next year.
Best Regards,
Christina Zhou
Specialist, Social Media
Marriott International
[email protected]
#650
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: ORD
Programs: UA 1K, Marriott Ambassador, AA Platinum, Avis Pres Club, Hertz Pres Circle
Posts: 561
2018 years
Hi David,
We are advised that members' year count will not be updated until the year-end review is completed. Thus your year counter will be updated next year.
Best Regards,
Christina Zhou
Specialist, Social Media
Marriott International
[email protected]
We are advised that members' year count will not be updated until the year-end review is completed. Thus your year counter will be updated next year.
Best Regards,
Christina Zhou
Specialist, Social Media
Marriott International
[email protected]
#651
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: KHOU/KIAH
Programs: AA EXP | Marriott Bonvoy Titanium| Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 11,208
The incentive is the same incentive as you had to stay any year after you locked in status for the next year. I have always continued to stay because I get lounge access and upgrades, etc. No point in attaining status and then going elsewhere where you won't get those benefits until you hit status.
Similar to airlines. I have status with *A and OW and thus I ignore SkyTeam as much as possible. Otherwise I'm at the back of the check-in line and end of the boarding procedure with no place to put my overhead.
Similar to airlines. I have status with *A and OW and thus I ignore SkyTeam as much as possible. Otherwise I'm at the back of the check-in line and end of the boarding procedure with no place to put my overhead.
This. I don't earn status for fun or for the luggage tags. Tthe whole incentive of staying is to enjoy the benefits earned
#652
#653
Join Date: Jul 2001
Programs: Marriott LT Tit; Hyatt Explorist; Hilton CC Gold; IHG CC Plt; Hertz (MR) 5 star
Posts: 5,536
I chose …. poorly. I was SPG LT Gold and only a couple years short of LT Plat when the merger was announced.
The only choices you have left for LT status are Hyatt and Hilton.
I am now spending most of my time/money at Hyatts although I doubt I will get LT status there.
Since you can get Hilton Gold by simply having the AmEx Ascend ($95/yr) or Hilton Diamond by having the AmEx Aspire ($450/yr) or charging $40K on the Ascend card, I ruled out going for Hilton LT status. And IMHO the sweet spot for Hilton is Gold.
I still stay at Marriott family properties (lifetime titanium) several times a year but I no longer look at them as my only choice. And frankly, it's huge to have options between multiple chains, as the best value (not best price; I value FS properties higher than limited service properties) in any location can vary between Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, IHG If one is a 'slave' to only one brand, they will end up paying more and getting less value.
I'm currently based out of SFO and find myself staying at the SFO airport Hyatt Regency most of the time but I do shop between other brands and have stayed at other chains when the value has been better. I'm looking forward to getting based back in LAX and prefer the LAX airport Hyatt Regency but have stayed at most hotels near LAX depending on value.
Last edited by iflyjetz; Mar 11, 2019 at 12:24 pm
#655
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Hawaii & Texas
Programs: AA ExPlat / LT Plat / 3MM, Delta Plat, Bonvoy LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,109
So I sent this email to the Lurkers:
"I qualified for Platinum by 12/31/18 (booked a 3 night stay 12/29/18-01/01/19 to achieve my 10th year as a Platinum. If I understand correctly, under the new program, Platinum was the old Gold, and Platinum Premier (now Titanium) was the old Platinum but my lifetime status only shows Platinum. Shouldn't I have lifetime Platinum Premier (now Titanium) as this would be the equivalent of the old lifetime Platinum?"
Could this have something to do with my last night being on 12/31/18 which would not give time for the Platinum counter to increment from 9 years to 10 years on 12/31/18 since the next day was 2019? 12/31/18 was the night that bumped me up to Platinum for 2018.
Here's the statement from the Marriott benefits page:
"NOTE: Members who reach 750 nights and 10 years at Platinum by December 31, 2018, will be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status (notified January 2019). In addition, members that achieve Marriott Rewards Lifetime Platinum under the legacy requirements by year end will also be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status. And don’t forget that we’ll combine Lifetime activity across both Rewards and SPG toward qualification when members combine accounts. Beginning in 2019, qualification into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status will not be available. See FAQs for details."
"I qualified for Platinum by 12/31/18 (booked a 3 night stay 12/29/18-01/01/19 to achieve my 10th year as a Platinum. If I understand correctly, under the new program, Platinum was the old Gold, and Platinum Premier (now Titanium) was the old Platinum but my lifetime status only shows Platinum. Shouldn't I have lifetime Platinum Premier (now Titanium) as this would be the equivalent of the old lifetime Platinum?"
Could this have something to do with my last night being on 12/31/18 which would not give time for the Platinum counter to increment from 9 years to 10 years on 12/31/18 since the next day was 2019? 12/31/18 was the night that bumped me up to Platinum for 2018.
Here's the statement from the Marriott benefits page:
"NOTE: Members who reach 750 nights and 10 years at Platinum by December 31, 2018, will be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status (notified January 2019). In addition, members that achieve Marriott Rewards Lifetime Platinum under the legacy requirements by year end will also be grandfathered into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status. And don’t forget that we’ll combine Lifetime activity across both Rewards and SPG toward qualification when members combine accounts. Beginning in 2019, qualification into Lifetime Platinum Premier Elite status will not be available. See FAQs for details."
Last edited by EXPLAT; Mar 11, 2019 at 1:12 pm Reason: put wrong year
#656
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,899
I've long held that, likely due to scripts poorly written by those with an incomplete understanding of the intended business outcomes, the years counter that went up in Aug '18 already incorporated any status currently held at that time. Thus, if one already held Plat (based on 2017 activity) in one or both programs, no amount of additional pre-Dec 31 activity will be incrementing years counters (unless said activity actually increased status in 2018 from, say, Gold to Plat).
I know that I personally crossed a Plat threshold in one of the programs following Aug account merging, yet to this day my year counter has never budged. And I don't expect that it will because I already held Plat in both SPG and MR as of the time the years counter went up, so 2018 was already reflected in the total.
I fully realize that this theory, if true, means that some folks got a bonus (those who held but did not re-earn Plat status in 2018 got a bonus year counted for the purposes of LTTE evaluation), whereas other folks got the shaft (such as anyone who purposely undertook additional stays in an effort to reach that tenth year that, unbeknownst to them had already been counted). I hope this theory is ultimately proven incorrect, but it would explain why pretty much no one posting here has reported a 2018 bump, yet Marriott's position is that those books have already closed. And it further helps to explain the significant number of FTers who reported that their own years counter seemed skewed high as of Aug '18.
Of course years counting has been deemed proprietary, so this or any other theory will likely never be either proved or disproved...
#658
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Hawaii & Texas
Programs: AA ExPlat / LT Plat / 3MM, Delta Plat, Bonvoy LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,109
Yes I held Platinum status in 2017 & 2018, with year 10 being achieved on 12/31/18.
#659
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,899
So the followup question(s) is whether or not you had manually tracked your elite years over the course of time? In other words, did you look at your years counter when that went live in Aug '18 and see a '9' and then conclude that you could earn your 10th year by Dec 31? Or is it possible that the 9 already included the status that you held in 2018, thus precluding you from earning another year in 2018?
#660
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Hawaii & Texas
Programs: AA ExPlat / LT Plat / 3MM, Delta Plat, Bonvoy LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 1,109
So the followup question(s) is whether or not you had manually tracked your elite years over the course of time? In other words, did you look at your years counter when that went live in Aug '18 and see a '9' and then conclude that you could earn your 10th year by Dec 31? Or is it possible that the 9 already included the status that you held in 2018, thus precluding you from earning another year in 2018?