Marriott Bonvoy? (Potential new program leak)
Nov 26, 2018, 9:43 pm
#181
Join Date: Apr 2001
Posts: 334
The chart shows Lounge Access at three Elite levels:
— PLATINUM ELITE - 50-74 nights/year
— TITANIUM ELITE - 75-99 nights/year
— AMBASSADOR ELITE - 100+ nights/year and $20K in annual qualifying spend
That's the same as the current Rewards-SPG combined loyalty program, except that two Elite levels have new names.
I would assume the participating hotel brands will be the same too, along with which brands have alternatives if the lounge is closed or there isn't one.
— PLATINUM ELITE - 50-74 nights/year
— TITANIUM ELITE - 75-99 nights/year
— AMBASSADOR ELITE - 100+ nights/year and $20K in annual qualifying spend
That's the same as the current Rewards-SPG combined loyalty program, except that two Elite levels have new names.
I would assume the participating hotel brands will be the same too, along with which brands have alternatives if the lounge is closed or there isn't one.
Nov 26, 2018, 10:14 pm
#182
Join Date: Sep 2005
Programs: Lifetime *G (MP), Lifetime PE (Bonvoy)
Posts: 1,465
My preference for a Titanium Plus level would be called XXXXXX but I guess that won't go well in some quarters
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Nov 26, 2018, 11:56 pm
#183
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: La Jolla, CA
Programs: Marriott Ambassador, Lifetime Titanium, Delta Plat, Hilton Diamond , Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 2,615
Nov 27, 2018, 12:12 am
#184
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: In the air
Programs: Hyatt Globalist, Bonvoy LT Plat, Hilton Gold, GHA Tit, BA Gold, Turkish Elite
Posts: 8,720
Interesting to see the different experiences here, but I do apologise to the mods for taking the thread OT. I’m probably 50-50 across continents and 3-5* level, but would note that the higher profile the guests are the less likely the receptionist is to blurt out my room number (rather predictably).
Maybe now back to the topic at hand...
Maybe now back to the topic at hand...
Nov 27, 2018, 5:07 am
#185
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Prince Edward Island
Programs: Air Canada P25K, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Gold, MGM Gold
Posts: 1,582
Golf clubs, hypoallergenic sunscreen, airplanes, hip replacements....that is one useful metal, which I'd value over shiny bling any day 
It's certainly better than the existing confusion with different platinum levels and much better than the crazy made-up Hyatt names.
It's certainly better than the existing confusion with different platinum levels and much better than the crazy made-up Hyatt names.
Nov 27, 2018, 5:57 am
#186
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: New York
Programs: AA plat, BA, B6, DL, UA gold, SPG/Marriott gold
Posts: 72
Precisely right. This is why you test stuff thoroughly with marketing teams who actually have members older than 30 and actual international travel that isn't just tequila shots in Cancun with mom.
Nov 27, 2018, 6:01 am
#187
Ambassador: World of Hyatt
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: San Diego,CA
Posts: 10,090
Please give millennials more credit than that they know much better
this is some lame individual who previously was a cruise ship director earlier in their career
who ended up crashing into Gilligan's Island and living there
They did discuss this in meetings with all inhabitants of the island and it was unanimous 🌴
Skipper, Maryann and the professor all agreed to Bonvoy and pushing for the first level to be called Bonvoy Ship-wrecked
Nov 27, 2018, 6:11 am
#188
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,254
Hello fellow lifetime Titanium elite
Please give millennials more credit than that they know much better
this is some lame individual who previously was a cruise ship director earlier in their career
who ended up crashing into Gilligan's Island and living there
They did discuss this in meetings with all inhabitants of the island and it was unanimous ��
Skipper, Maryann and the professor all agreed to Bonvoy and pushing for the first level to be called Bonvoy Ship-wrecked
Should we just leave age out of it and agree it's a bad name?
Nov 27, 2018, 7:01 am
#190
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Toronto
Programs: UA 1K, AC MM E75, Marriott LT Ti, IHG Dia Amb, Hyatt Glob
Posts: 15,521
I was relieved not to have Hyatt status and have one of those atrocious labels. Let's hope that Bonvoy was just a big joke while they were developing the site and they aren't going ahead with that!
Nov 27, 2018, 7:05 am
#191
Join Date: Apr 2015
Programs: Some
Posts: 5,254
"Welcome to Marriott and I see you are a Titanium Bonvoy Elite, thanks for your loyalty and also not laughing at me for calling you that!"
Nov 27, 2018, 7:23 am
#192
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Platinum/LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 5,594
I guess it will be nice when people get over the new name and get back to complaining about how Marriott will never be as great as SPG was.
Nov 27, 2018, 8:00 am
#193
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: Dayton, OH/CVG
Programs: DA Diamond(1 MM), Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador/Charter Ambassador, Hyatt Glob, Hertz Presidents Circle
Posts: 886
I'm convinced at many properties you could literally scribble "511" and "Smith" and get away with free drinks or takeaway food, if you left quickly enough.[/QUOTE]
This will sound odd, but whenever i eat at a hotel bar/restaurant and charge it to my room, i sign the check with my room number etc, and then purposely wait for them to come back and pick it up and run it. I just want them to know that i am legit and who i say i am and that i am NOT dinning and dashing. Not sure why that is important to me but it is.
This will sound odd, but whenever i eat at a hotel bar/restaurant and charge it to my room, i sign the check with my room number etc, and then purposely wait for them to come back and pick it up and run it. I just want them to know that i am legit and who i say i am and that i am NOT dinning and dashing. Not sure why that is important to me but it is.
Nov 27, 2018, 9:45 am
#194
Join Date: Feb 2017
Programs: DL DM, UA Gold, Alaska MVP, Bonvoy (lol) Ambassador
Posts: 2,994
100% second this. Not sure why several posters above have blamed millenials for this name! I would think it has most likely been thought up by a 45-50 year old Marketing Director at Marriott who *thinks* it sounds like it will appeal to millennials when in reality it sounds like a stupid name for everyone above the age of about 10.
Should we just leave age out of it and agree it's a bad name?
Should we just leave age out of it and agree it's a bad name?
The youngest (according to common definitions) turned 22 this year.
Nov 27, 2018, 9:49 am
#195
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2002
Location: BOS, MHT
Programs: AA ltg, B6, DL, UA, AS, SPG/Marriott Plt, HH, Hyatt
Posts: 10,052
Bonvoy is the absolute stupidest name I have ever heard in my life for a program.
Why dont they just name them like they are:
levels:
1) hardly gives any benefits
2) you may get a cookie
3) an upgrade if the hotel is empty and is like a hampton inn
4) you get everything except what the next secret level gets
Why dont they just name them like they are:
levels:
1) hardly gives any benefits
2) you may get a cookie
3) an upgrade if the hotel is empty and is like a hampton inn
4) you get everything except what the next secret level gets