Will Marriott Reopen Lifetime Titanium Status?
Jul 24, 2022, 9:11 pm
#211
Join Date: Jan 2020
Programs: Marriott Titanium (Lifetime Gold), Caesars Diamond
Posts: 1,402
Already have 30 nights at Hyatt. Having to stay 60-nights at Hyatt without the Marriott breakfast benefit and suite upgrades is the downside for now, plus having to do this for 10 more years. Marriott has so many Platinums though, that upgrades to suites are a rarity. I'm going to reduce my Marriott credit cards to one and replace them with Hyatt cards to help with Hyatt status.
Hyatt card is not that useful for nights unless you have a ton of MS.
Jul 24, 2022, 10:23 pm
#212
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Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Minneapolis: DL DM charter 2.3MM
Programs: A3*Gold, SPG Plat, HyattDiamond, MarriottPP, LHW exAccess, ICI, Raffles Amb, NW PE MM, TWA Gold MM
Posts: 100,409
After reading "Unfortunately don’t get too excited, because Marriott’s Suite Night Awards are nowhere near as useful as the Suite Upgrade Awards that World of Hyatt Globalist members receive, each of which is valid for a suite upgrade at the time of booking for a stay of up to seven nights." on OMAT, I thought that this Hyatt benefit would be perfect for the Lifetime Rhodium status.
Those Suite Upgrade Awards would be credited each year after the completion of 75 nights, if you have that status.
Those Suite Upgrade Awards would be credited each year after the completion of 75 nights, if you have that status.
Jul 25, 2022, 4:27 am
#213
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: WAW
Programs: A3(*G), Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond, IHG Diamond Ambassador
Posts: 2,534
I'm with you on the being peeved. I made it in the 10th year but Marriott told me I didn't. I should have taken screen shots of the website and App but I didn't. Marriott won't tell me why when I send them the 10 years I made Platinum, with the 10th year being the Marriott takeover of SPG. So now I'm just LTP instead of LTT.
Now I'm paranoid about doing screenshots of my account status at year end.
Last edited by yurtripper; Jul 25, 2022 at 11:53 am
Sep 26, 2022, 3:25 pm
#214
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: BOS
Programs: AA EXP 1MM, DL PM, Bonvoy Titanium (Plat Life), HH G, Amtrak, B6, MR
Posts: 1,548
So I thought I'd revive this thread in light of the fact that now everyone with the Amex Brilliant card is Platinum. As someone who earned LTP the hard way I'm annoyed. As someone who was relatively close to LTT when Marriott briefly opened it after the SPG merger, but couldn't quite make it, I'm doubly annoyed. And all the speculation about how Marriott will devalue Platinum as a result of the new Amex deal is making me triply annoyed. Granted, that part is speculation, but still...
I'm hoping that LTT will become an option again.
I'm hoping that LTT will become an option again.
Sep 26, 2022, 4:11 pm
#215
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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
The former lifetime Platinum required 750 nights and 2 million base points. At the time of its abrupt cancellation with six months notice, I had accrued 1.3 million base points. I was unforgettably and brutally Bonv∘yed!
The annual 30 credit card nights (Chase & AmEx business) will push me to lifetime Platinum early next year. For the past two years I have shifted most of my stays and all of our credit card spend to the accounts of my wife of 30 years, so she can earn lifetime Platinum, too. 💚
I am sure many of us would welcome the reinstatement of lifetime Titanium Elite qualification, even if it requires 1000 nights or more.
Sep 26, 2022, 4:25 pm
#216
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: Washington, DC, USA
Programs: UA MM, MB LifeTit
Posts: 1,830
When I ascended to LifeTit I imagined that I would always be greeted at check-in by the adoring hotel staff and whisked to the Presidential Suite where a lavish layout of Champagne, caviar, and assorted fine pastries would await (complimentary of course) but that has only happened twice.
Sep 27, 2022, 1:59 am
#217
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Earth ... for now
Programs: UA 2MM * Marriott Ambassador LT Titanium * IHG Diamond Ambassador * Hilton Diamond *
Posts: 1,787
When I ascended to LifeTit I imagined that I would always be greeted at check-in by the adoring hotel staff and whisked to the Presidential Suite where a lavish layout of Champagne, caviar, and assorted fine pastries would await (complimentary of course) but that has only happened twice.
Sep 27, 2022, 2:25 pm
#218
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Wayne, PA USA
Programs: DL MM, Marriott Bonvoy Lifetime Titanium, HHonors Gold
Posts: 7,242
When I ascended to LifeTit I imagined that I would always be greeted at check-in by the adoring hotel staff and whisked to the Presidential Suite where a lavish layout of Champagne, caviar, and assorted fine pastries would await (complimentary of course) but that has only happened twice.