Two Program Enhancements Announced 15 Jun : Pointsavers and Head Start on Status
Jun 15, 2020, 7:20 pm
#61
Join Date: Feb 2001
Location: somewhere north of stateside...
Posts: 4,153
If these 38 nights are lifetime, that puts me over the threshold to Lifetime Platinum. A little anti-climactic and I had hoped to do it on a nice stay in person, but I certainly won't say no... good effort by Marriott here. They'll never come up with something that serves everyone perfect, but I feel a bit more loyal today than I did yesterday...
Jun 15, 2020, 7:51 pm
#62
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Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: DL DM 2MM, Marriott LT Titanium, Hertz PC, Avis PC
Posts: 15,193
Well I just looked in a few places for points in July and it was at normal rates...
The extra nights just help me to hit both the 50 and 75 nt thresholds. Nothing really spectacular but at least its something.
The extra nights just help me to hit both the 50 and 75 nt thresholds. Nothing really spectacular but at least its something.
Jun 15, 2020, 8:25 pm
#63
Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: SoCal; DO-RAGS: Old Gold tagged, PIP, LatPass 1/2, AA 4MM, HH LT Diamond, Marriott Titanium/LT Plat, Omni
Posts: 9,180
If Bonvoy would reverse the 50% credit so that the $20k Ambassador spend is only $10,000 I’d be grabbing a calculator and my calendar as travel planning would suddenly become interesting (and I’d probably be lamenting 22 Hilton nights so far this year).
Jun 15, 2020, 8:28 pm
#64
Join Date: May 2016
Location: ATL
Programs: DL GM, Marriott Titanium
Posts: 1,240
Thanks for this thread, I auto-archived the actual email from Marriott (along with other airline and hotel emails) without reading it, so pleasantly surprised to see this!
As a more recent titanium who's only at lifetime silver, I'm very happy with the 38 extra nights! With my travel severely limited this year, I wasn't counting on any new nights to add to my LT total beyond my stays near the beginning of the year.
I'm also not sure that this will add tons of members to higher elite levels as people seem to fear. Anyone who earned Platinum or higher in 2019 already retains it through Feb 2022. So it seems to be folks concerned about people who earned Gold or less last year who might achieve Platinum - sure some will be helped by this promo, but I don't think we'll see a huge ballooning in ranks. Plus, right now it's not like the elite benefits are as worthy as they used to be.
Anyways, a pleasant surprise that I wasn't expecting, in what seems like a pro-customer move by Marriott
As a more recent titanium who's only at lifetime silver, I'm very happy with the 38 extra nights! With my travel severely limited this year, I wasn't counting on any new nights to add to my LT total beyond my stays near the beginning of the year.
I'm also not sure that this will add tons of members to higher elite levels as people seem to fear. Anyone who earned Platinum or higher in 2019 already retains it through Feb 2022. So it seems to be folks concerned about people who earned Gold or less last year who might achieve Platinum - sure some will be helped by this promo, but I don't think we'll see a huge ballooning in ranks. Plus, right now it's not like the elite benefits are as worthy as they used to be.
Anyways, a pleasant surprise that I wasn't expecting, in what seems like a pro-customer move by Marriott
Jun 15, 2020, 8:53 pm
#66
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Thanks for this thread, I auto-archived the actual email from Marriott (along with other airline and hotel emails) without reading it, so pleasantly surprised to see this!
As a more recent titanium who's only at lifetime silver, I'm very happy with the 38 extra nights! With my travel severely limited this year, I wasn't counting on any new nights to add to my LT total beyond my stays near the beginning of the year.
I'm also not sure that this will add tons of members to higher elite levels as people seem to fear. Anyone who earned Platinum or higher in 2019 already retains it through Feb 2022. So it seems to be folks concerned about people who earned Gold or less last year who might achieve Platinum - sure some will be helped by this promo, but I don't think we'll see a huge ballooning in ranks. Plus, right now it's not like the elite benefits are as worthy as they used to be.
Anyways, a pleasant surprise that I wasn't expecting, in what seems like a pro-customer move by Marriott
As a more recent titanium who's only at lifetime silver, I'm very happy with the 38 extra nights! With my travel severely limited this year, I wasn't counting on any new nights to add to my LT total beyond my stays near the beginning of the year.
I'm also not sure that this will add tons of members to higher elite levels as people seem to fear. Anyone who earned Platinum or higher in 2019 already retains it through Feb 2022. So it seems to be folks concerned about people who earned Gold or less last year who might achieve Platinum - sure some will be helped by this promo, but I don't think we'll see a huge ballooning in ranks. Plus, right now it's not like the elite benefits are as worthy as they used to be.
Anyways, a pleasant surprise that I wasn't expecting, in what seems like a pro-customer move by Marriott
Jun 15, 2020, 10:09 pm
#67
Join Date: Mar 2017
Location: British Columbia
Programs: AS MVPG100K, Marriott Marriott Titanium Elite, Hilton Gold
Posts: 7,263
James
Jun 15, 2020, 10:18 pm
#68
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: Saipan, MP 96950 USA (Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands = the CNMI)
Programs: UA Silver, Hilton Silver. Life: UA .57 MM, United & Admirals Clubs (spousal), Marriott Platinum
Posts: 15,043
Lifetime Tit . . . We Got Bonv°yed!
Sure, raise the qualification levels if too lenient. But to abruptly and rudely shut so many of us out of a longstanding dream was worse than a thumb in the eye.
It literally became an irredeemable stain on the program, a cruel attack encapsulated by the phrase it brought into being through this outrageous disloyalty at its inception:
"You've been Bonv°yed!"
Jun 15, 2020, 10:31 pm
#69
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,914
Indeed. The cancellation of Lifetime Titanium Elite (also known as old Platinum Elite), while thousands of loyal Marriott Rewards members had been striving toward it for years, some on the verge of attainment (only a year or two short), was the "Original Sin" of Marriott Bonvoy, present at its conception and birth.
Sure, raise the qualification levels if too lenient. But to abruptly and rudely shut so many of us out of a longstanding dream was worse than a thumb in the eye.
It literally became an irredeemable stain on the program, a cruel attack encapsulated by the phrase it brought into being through this outrageous disloyalty at its inception:
"You've been Bonv°yed!"
Sure, raise the qualification levels if too lenient. But to abruptly and rudely shut so many of us out of a longstanding dream was worse than a thumb in the eye.
It literally became an irredeemable stain on the program, a cruel attack encapsulated by the phrase it brought into being through this outrageous disloyalty at its inception:
"You've been Bonv°yed!"
Old Lifetime was based on base points and 750 nights and no year requirements. If one was “on the verge of attainment (only a year or two short)” then the member could have made the new lifetime platinum anyways or quicker. Really no difference at this point in the program since platinums and titaniums get mostly the same benefits.
now if they decrease platinum benefits, then you may have a point. As of right now, the kicking and screaming is because you can’t get the highest lifetime tier, not because your were striving for it pre merger anyways.
Last edited by myperks; Jun 15, 2020 at 10:36 pm Reason: Adjusted legacy requirements
Jun 15, 2020, 10:33 pm
#70
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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Indeed. The cancellation of Lifetime Titanium Elite (also known as old Platinum Elite), while thousands of loyal Marriott Rewards members had been striving toward it for years, some on the verge of attainment (only a year or two short), was the "Original Sin" of Marriott Bonvoy, present at its conception and birth.
Sure, raise the qualification levels if too lenient. But to abruptly and rudely shut so many of us out of a longstanding dream was worse than a thumb in the eye.
It literally became an irredeemable stain on the program, a cruel attack encapsulated by the phrase it brought into being through this outrageous disloyalty at its inception:
"You've been Bonv°yed!"
Sure, raise the qualification levels if too lenient. But to abruptly and rudely shut so many of us out of a longstanding dream was worse than a thumb in the eye.
It literally became an irredeemable stain on the program, a cruel attack encapsulated by the phrase it brought into being through this outrageous disloyalty at its inception:
"You've been Bonv°yed!"
Jun 15, 2020, 10:34 pm
#71
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Join Date: Mar 2010
Programs: DL, OZ, AC, AS, AA, BA, Hilton, Hyatt, Marriott, IHG
Posts: 19,900
Old Lifetime was based on base points, not nights or stays or years. If one was “on the verge of attainment (only a year or two short)” then the member could have made the new lifetime platinum anyways or quicker. Really no difference at this point in the program since platinums and titaniums get mostly the same benefits.
now if they decrease platinum benefits, then you may have a point. As of right now, the kicking and screaming is because you can’t get the highest lifetime tier, not because your were striving for it pre merger anyways.
now if they decrease platinum benefits, then you may have a point. As of right now, the kicking and screaming is because you can’t get the highest lifetime tier, not because your were striving for it pre merger anyways.
Jun 15, 2020, 10:35 pm
#72
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,914
