Want to purchase Platinum status
#1
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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Connecticut
Programs: Marriott Platinum (lifetime Gold), Southwest
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Want to purchase Platinum status
I currently am Gold and would like to be Platinum. Is there a way to purchase Platinum status using either money or points. I could not find anything on that using google. Also, am I correct that it would last through 2022? Thanks in advance!
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#3
Join Date: Aug 2019
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Having a business and personal credit card will get you most of the way there for as little as $125(Bonvoy Business and Bonvoy Bold).
#4
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#5
Join Date: Mar 2011
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After the cards you will need only 20 nights, which you can do by staying in a cheap hotel (if any clos near where you are) for 10 nights.
#6
Join Date: Mar 2011
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If you are currently gold, you might have received the marriott Goodwill bonus, which I believe is 13 nights for gold without staying. Get the credit cards would give you Plus the 15 nights on Bonvoy Business and the 15 nights on Bonvoy Bold. You're at 43 nights at that point. If you stay during the promotion period 4 times, you'll be at platinum.
#7
Join Date: Nov 2007
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If you are currently gold, you might have received the marriott Goodwill bonus, which I believe is 13 nights for gold without staying. Get the credit cards would give you Plus the 15 nights on Bonvoy Business and the 15 nights on Bonvoy Bold. You're at 43 nights at that point. If you stay during the promotion period 4 times, you'll be at platinum.
#8
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Does the AmEx Centurion card give Bonvoy Plat? It used to be good for SPG PlatMinus (and long ago the same was true for the regular AmEx Plat charge card).
#9
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: San Francisco, CA
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It would help to know why you want to do this? Is it because you want to take advantage of perks for a big trip? Might be worth just paying for whatever you are focused on (pay for breakfast, book a suite, etc.) vs the incremental cost and hassle of getting platinum for one or two trips. If you are expecting to start travelling a lot and don't want to build up status from scratch, look into status challenges where they will provide you with an "advance" on status for say 90 days that then gets locked in once you meet a certain threshold.
#10
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Arizona
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Centurion just get Gold which anyone can get easily. Amex Centurion seems to think their Centurion customers are idiots in my opinion. Amex has been in denial ever since CEO Kenneth had a team of his lower level employees fly to Costco in advance of his arrival like he was royalty. Amex will have hard time fighting the image when Centurion is known to be card for idiots with money.
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#13
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#14
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Well, just book the cheapest Marriott near you either on points or for cash. If you use points make sure you add at least one paid night to the same reservation to ping the double nights promotion.
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Centurion just get Gold which anyone can get easily. Amex Centurion seems to think their Centurion customers are idiots in my opinion. Amex has been in denial ever since CEO Kenneth had a team of his lower level employees fly to Costco in advance of his arrival like he was royalty. Amex will have hard time fighting the image when Centurion is known to be card for idiots with money.
FWIW I totally agree that the price/service of the Centurion product in many markets including the U.S., Germany etc is out of whack nowadays. They also stopped giving Cathay Pacific Diamond. If you're looking for squeezing value then Centurion isn't the card to have anymore. Platinum is the sweet spot.
Marriott Gold for a Premium Card such as this is almost an insult given that there are three level above that in the Bonvoy food chain.