Is Titanium Elite Status Worth it? (General Discussion)
#46
Join Date: Feb 2019
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The US does not have a national ID system or a requirement to carry ID with you either.
#47
In memoriam
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: MAN
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You’ll not be asked for ID in the U.K. as long as your profile shows a U.K. address and you confirm that. However they will want to hold a credit card and if the names don’t match that could cause issues...
#48
Join Date: Mar 2019
Programs: United 1K, Marriott Plat
Posts: 7
70 Elite Nights
I am a Titanium elite currently at 70 Elite Nights this year. With the automatic status extension, is there any reason to go out of my way and actually stay the five extra nights to make it a full 75? If I have travel coming up this year, is there any reason to stay Marriott or should I be looking into/taking advantage of deals elsewhere?
Assuming I don’t stay any more nights at Marriott this year, I was planning to select the 5 elite night for my platinum gift to reach titanium, then select 5 SNAs for the titanium gift. Would that work? (That’s why the 5 elite night option exists right?) Is there an earlier deadline where I need to execute this strategy by, for all of those to go smoothly, or can I wait until January and see how things ended up playing out?
Assuming I don’t stay any more nights at Marriott this year, I was planning to select the 5 elite night for my platinum gift to reach titanium, then select 5 SNAs for the titanium gift. Would that work? (That’s why the 5 elite night option exists right?) Is there an earlier deadline where I need to execute this strategy by, for all of those to go smoothly, or can I wait until January and see how things ended up playing out?
#49
Join Date: May 2002
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Another option would be to pick a free night up to 40K as your 75-night Annual Choice Benefit.
It all depends on whether the 5 SNAs or the 40K night would be more valuable to you. It depends on your pattern of hotel stays. Some people on this board find SNAs to be incredibly valuable. Others find them worthless. Most people agree that a free 40K night has value.
If you reach 75 mights with additional hotel nights, you could have both.
Last edited by Horace; Dec 1, 2021 at 12:33 pm
#51
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The free night is often worth more than 5 SNAs, especially unused ones. So take the 5 elite nights now for 50 and the free night at 75.
Choose the free night on January 2nd and it should be valid until the end of 2023.
Choose the free night on January 2nd and it should be valid until the end of 2023.
#52
Join Date: Apr 2021
Location: Manhattan, Palm Beach Island, San Francisco, Boston, & Hong Kong
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Caveat with the free night is that Marriott is eliminating award charts which will probably devalue the peak of the FNC significantly.
#53
Join Date: Feb 2012
Location: West LA
Programs: DL DM
Posts: 957
Need 3 nights for Titanium with 4 nights left
Well as the title says, I unexpectedly ended up with 72 nights after my sister who was visiting for Christmas tested positive for Covid on her drive down to LA from SF, and so I ended up booking her a hotel for 8 nights which left me in this predicament. I can book a room in the Los Angeles area for as low as $50/night with my discount, so I was wondering, is Titanium worth $150 + taxes over Platinum?
#54
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: SF Bay Area
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Well as the title says, I unexpectedly ended up with 72 nights after my sister who was visiting for Christmas tested positive for Covid on her drive down to LA from SF, and so I ended up booking her a hotel for 8 nights which left me in this predicament. I can book a room in the Los Angeles area for as low as $50/night with my discount, so I was wondering, is Titanium worth $150 + taxes over Platinum?
#55
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,240
Titanium also gives you complementary United silver status. If you fly on United several times a year but not enough to get status organically, I’d say it’s easy to get $150 of value from it.
As others said it’s pretty easy to get $150 of value if you choose the 40k free night certificate as your 75 night gift too.
As others said it’s pretty easy to get $150 of value if you choose the 40k free night certificate as your 75 night gift too.
#56
Join Date: Feb 2012
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