Will make Platinum by end of April -- will it count as one year or two for LTP?
Apr 18, 2021, 1:55 pm
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Will make Platinum by end of April -- will it count as one year or two for LTP?
Because of a busy work schedule combined with Marriott's double-night promo ending 4/27/21, I will qualify for Platinum before the end of April. My question is, will being Platinum for the remainder of 2021, as well as for all of 2022, qualify as two years or only one for lifetime Platinum? The reason I'm asking is that I am at 7 years for lifetime Platinum (I won't have to worry about the second requirement of 600 nights). So if the remainder of 2021 counts as another year of being Platinum, I would only need one more year after 2022 to reach the 10 year/600 night threshold. Thanks to any and all who may have an answer to this!
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Apr 18, 2021, 2:05 pm
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Because of a busy work schedule combined with Marriott's double-night promo ending 4/27/21, I will qualify for Platinum before the end of April. My question is, will being Platinum for the remainder of 2021, as well as for all of 2022, qualify as two years or only one for lifetime Platinum? The reason I'm asking is that I am at 7 years for lifetime Platinum (I won't have to worry about the second requirement of 600 nights). So if the remainder of 2021 counts as another year of being Platinum, I would only need one more year after 2022 to reach the 10 year/600 night threshold. Thanks to any and all who may have an answer to this!
4.2.e. Earning Lifetime Elite Status
i. In order to obtain Lifetime Elite Status, a Member must meet the below Lifetime Elite Status Criteria (4.2.f.) during the Member’s participation in the Loyalty Program. An “Eligible Status Year” is a calendar year during which a Member obtained Elite membership status (Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite) by achieving the Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite Minimum Requirement. The calendar year in which a Member achieves Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite Status, as described in the prior sentence, will count as an Eligible Status Year, in addition to each subsequent year that such Member retains the benefits of Elite membership Status. For example, if a Member meets the Gold Elite Minimum Requirement during the 2021 Eligible Status Year by earning twenty-five (25) Eligible Nights and becomes a Gold Elite Member for the remainder of 2021 and for all of 2022, 2021 and 2022 will each count as separate Eligible Status Years.
i. In order to obtain Lifetime Elite Status, a Member must meet the below Lifetime Elite Status Criteria (4.2.f.) during the Member’s participation in the Loyalty Program. An “Eligible Status Year” is a calendar year during which a Member obtained Elite membership status (Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite) by achieving the Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite Minimum Requirement. The calendar year in which a Member achieves Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite, Titanium Elite, or Ambassador Elite Status, as described in the prior sentence, will count as an Eligible Status Year, in addition to each subsequent year that such Member retains the benefits of Elite membership Status. For example, if a Member meets the Gold Elite Minimum Requirement during the 2021 Eligible Status Year by earning twenty-five (25) Eligible Nights and becomes a Gold Elite Member for the remainder of 2021 and for all of 2022, 2021 and 2022 will each count as separate Eligible Status Years.
Apr 18, 2021, 4:42 pm
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That's weird. And a change from how it used to be. It seemed pretty straightforward that you earn a year each time you met the requirements in a year.
This says you earn two years every time you earn a year unless you earned a year last year or two years ago then you earn a year.
This says you earn two years every time you earn a year unless you earned a year last year or two years ago then you earn a year.
Apr 18, 2021, 5:20 pm
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That's weird. And a change from how it used to be. It seemed pretty straightforward that you earn a year each time you met the requirements in a year.
This says you earn two years every time you earn a year unless you earned a year last year or two years ago then you earn a year.
This says you earn two years every time you earn a year unless you earned a year last year or two years ago then you earn a year.
Apr 18, 2021, 6:19 pm
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Almost a 0% chance that is what happens in reality, but Marriott as usual is too dumb to proofread their own T&Cs, and the consumer becomes confused in turn and loses out
Apr 19, 2021, 2:13 am
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Since you have 7 Platinum years, you will probably stay on 7 until 2024 or later, at which point you will have completely given up on Marriott.
The serious answer is that Platinum years are completely random and CS agents just make up excuses. Loyalty Lobby has been running an amusing series of different excuses provided by agents, all of which basically involve doing nothing.
There aren't a whole lot of people on FT who say that their Platinum counter is correct and has always been so...
The serious answer is that Platinum years are completely random and CS agents just make up excuses. Loyalty Lobby has been running an amusing series of different excuses provided by agents, all of which basically involve doing nothing.
There aren't a whole lot of people on FT who say that their Platinum counter is correct and has always been so...
Apr 19, 2021, 7:56 am
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Since you have 7 Platinum years, you will probably stay on 7 until 2024 or later, at which point you will have completely given up on Marriott.
The serious answer is that Platinum years are completely random and CS agents just make up excuses. Loyalty Lobby has been running an amusing series of different excuses provided by agents, all of which basically involve doing nothing.
There aren't a whole lot of people on FT who say that their Platinum counter is correct and has always been so...
The serious answer is that Platinum years are completely random and CS agents just make up excuses. Loyalty Lobby has been running an amusing series of different excuses provided by agents, all of which basically involve doing nothing.
There aren't a whole lot of people on FT who say that their Platinum counter is correct and has always been so...