Sep 11, 2014, 3:57 pm
Last edit by: FindAWay
Lifetime points are missing from the profile section of the website and show as 0 in the Marriott mobile app. However, you may be able to use the work-around referenced in this blog post to see your current Lifetime Points.
You can still view your lifetime points online with the following steps:
If you call Marriott they can also tell you your lifetime points balance.
http://www.marriott.com/marriott/rew...te-benefits.mi As of 20 May, this process does not work. There is no link called "Night Detail" on this page.
To check lifetime balances: (HT to txpenny)
1. Click "Night Detail".
2. Click "Learn More" (under the night total)
3. Click "Marriott Rewards Overview". At this point you're probably no longer logged in (because you've been thrown to an older version of the Marriott website), so log in again.
4. Click "Nights" under your current year's nights. -> The detail you're expecting showing LT nights and points will show up like before.
Lifetime Silver Elite:
250 qualified nights
1.2 million points
Lifetime Gold Elite
500 qualified nights
1.6 million points
Lifetime Platinum Elite
750 qualified nights
2.0 million points
To check your point and night balance, log into your account and click My Account > Account Overview > Nights.
"Elite Lifetime Status is determined by your total qualified nights stayed and points earned throughout the course of your membership – including your paid nights, Elite rollover nights, meeting nights and the nights and points earned on your Marriott Rewards Credit Card."
Points used by members to buyback their previously attained Elite level will be permanently deducted from their Lifetime point balance.
If an elite's point level drops below that required for the level attained, they will drop down to the next Lifetime level until points are accumulated to get them back to the next level.
Lifetime points in addition to nights now display on your Marriott Rewards account. When logged in, click on "Nights" (the blue link below the number representing your current year nights). You'll see the detail of what comprises your current year nights as well as your Lifetime Status nights.
You can still view your lifetime points online with the following steps:
- Go to www.marriott.com and login
- Go to https://www.marriott.com/rewards/rewards-program.mi
- Click "Nights"
If you call Marriott they can also tell you your lifetime points balance.
To check lifetime balances: (HT to txpenny)
1. Click "Night Detail".
2. Click "Learn More" (under the night total)
3. Click "Marriott Rewards Overview". At this point you're probably no longer logged in (because you've been thrown to an older version of the Marriott website), so log in again.
4. Click "Nights" under your current year's nights. -> The detail you're expecting showing LT nights and points will show up like before.
Lifetime Silver Elite:
250 qualified nights
1.2 million points
Lifetime Gold Elite
500 qualified nights
1.6 million points
Lifetime Platinum Elite
750 qualified nights
2.0 million points
To check your point and night balance, log into your account and click My Account > Account Overview > Nights.
"Elite Lifetime Status is determined by your total qualified nights stayed and points earned throughout the course of your membership – including your paid nights, Elite rollover nights, meeting nights and the nights and points earned on your Marriott Rewards Credit Card."
Points used by members to buyback their previously attained Elite level will be permanently deducted from their Lifetime point balance.
If an elite's point level drops below that required for the level attained, they will drop down to the next Lifetime level until points are accumulated to get them back to the next level.
Lifetime points in addition to nights now display on your Marriott Rewards account. When logged in, click on "Nights" (the blue link below the number representing your current year nights). You'll see the detail of what comprises your current year nights as well as your Lifetime Status nights.
Lifetime Marriott Rewards elite status (Pre-Merge 2018 and earlier)
Sep 28, 2017, 8:24 pm
#2371
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And let me mention a fact that may be relevant:
Marriott has changed the way they compute lifetime status several times in past years, without having any excuse like "we're merging programs".
That's fact. Now question (rather than rumor):
Marriott people have up to now been computed based on lifetime points and nights, while SPG based on lifetime years and nights. How will they resolve that once these two programs merge?
Now opinion:
Once you look at it that way, you might see how wide the area of possibilities is. And how one rumor is no better than the next rumor, because there are so many possibilities.
Another opinion:
Right now is probably not the best time to start out planning (with specifics) on how to reach lifetime status, if you're far from it. You'll get only a little ways further before you'll find out if/how it will change, presumably within the next year or so.
Just realize that in case something resembling the current method survives, it's better to earn points than miles (if you want miles, convert them later), and if all else is equal it's better to stay at 10 pts/$ brands than 5 pts/% brands. But all that is also true if all you wants the points for is for reward stays in the future! So does it really take that much change in behavior to (temporarily?) pursue points earnings as well as nights earning as well as years in your desired status?
Sep 28, 2017, 10:05 pm
#2372
Join Date: Apr 2013
Location: OGG
Programs: AA Plat, A List Pref, Marriott Ambassador
Posts: 356
I've been pondering on this as well. I'm 150 nights and 350k points from LT plat...I can't decide if I should do it or not. I did the math and I can get close enough by next December that I could mattress run or cc spend to get over the hump but I would have to be all in with Marriott through that period. I'm afraid they are going to introduce some "platinum pro" level above plat and I'll be kicking myself for chasing what would then become the second highest level. Hopefully we will hear Marriott's strategy by the end of Q1 18
Sep 28, 2017, 11:39 pm
#2373
Join Date: May 2002
Programs: AAdvantage Platinum, United Silver, Marriott Titanium Elite
Posts: 2,276
Sep 30, 2017, 8:04 am
#2374
A FlyerTalk Posting Legend
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: 100,404
As mentioned above, lots of rumors.
And let me mention a fact that may be relevant:
Marriott has changed the way they compute lifetime status several times in past years, without having any excuse like "we're merging programs".
That's fact. Now question (rather than rumor):
Marriott people have up to now been computed based on lifetime points and nights, while SPG based on lifetime years and nights. How will they resolve that once these two programs merge?
Now opinion:
Once you look at it that way, you might see how wide the area of possibilities is. And how one rumor is no better than the next rumor, because there are so many possibilities.
Another opinion:
Right now is probably not the best time to start out planning (with specifics) on how to reach lifetime status, if you're far from it. You'll get only a little ways further before you'll find out if/how it will change, presumably within the next year or so.
Just realize that in case something resembling the current method survives, it's better to earn points than miles (if you want miles, convert them later), and if all else is equal it's better to stay at 10 pts/$ brands than 5 pts/% brands. But all that is also true if all you wants the points for is for reward stays in the future! So does it really take that much change in behavior to (temporarily?) pursue points earnings as well as nights earning as well as years in your desired status?
And let me mention a fact that may be relevant:
Marriott has changed the way they compute lifetime status several times in past years, without having any excuse like "we're merging programs".
That's fact. Now question (rather than rumor):
Marriott people have up to now been computed based on lifetime points and nights, while SPG based on lifetime years and nights. How will they resolve that once these two programs merge?
Now opinion:
Once you look at it that way, you might see how wide the area of possibilities is. And how one rumor is no better than the next rumor, because there are so many possibilities.
Another opinion:
Right now is probably not the best time to start out planning (with specifics) on how to reach lifetime status, if you're far from it. You'll get only a little ways further before you'll find out if/how it will change, presumably within the next year or so.
Just realize that in case something resembling the current method survives, it's better to earn points than miles (if you want miles, convert them later), and if all else is equal it's better to stay at 10 pts/$ brands than 5 pts/% brands. But all that is also true if all you wants the points for is for reward stays in the future! So does it really take that much change in behavior to (temporarily?) pursue points earnings as well as nights earning as well as years in your desired status?
Sep 30, 2017, 9:04 am
#2375
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
actual Lifetime Status level now showing under Nights!
I just logged in and went to my account and clicked Nights, and in the lifetime section it says Lifetime Marriott Silver.
I don't remember anyone mentioning before it showing the actual level there, and I'm pretty sure a week or two ago it didn't show it to me either. (I would have crossed into lifetime Silver a while ago, since I crossed 1.2 million lifetime points a while ago, and am already well over 500 lifetime nights, so the lifetime points is the determining factor in my case).
While I don't care a hoot about having Lifetime Silver status (I have Platinum annual), it's cool to see that it's finally displayed there.
I don't remember anyone mentioning before it showing the actual level there, and I'm pretty sure a week or two ago it didn't show it to me either. (I would have crossed into lifetime Silver a while ago, since I crossed 1.2 million lifetime points a while ago, and am already well over 500 lifetime nights, so the lifetime points is the determining factor in my case).
While I don't care a hoot about having Lifetime Silver status (I have Platinum annual), it's cool to see that it's finally displayed there.
Sep 30, 2017, 10:15 am
#2376
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Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Anywhere warm
Posts: 33,745
Interesting. I have lifetime status gifted by Bill Marriott in recognition of joining the program the year it started. I think it was part of the 30 year anniversary celebration of the program, though don't remember. There are a number of us on FT who have lifetime status for this reason. Anyway, my account does not show it.
Sep 30, 2017, 12:02 pm
#2377
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: California
Programs: Hyatt Global, Marriot Lifetime Titanium
Posts: 2,282
Conversion from SPG to MR doesn't increase MR lifetime points (at the time of transfer).
Laundering them through UA presumably does, although there's a pretty severe haircut in doing so:
Laundering them through UA presumably does, although there's a pretty severe haircut in doing so:
- 20k SPG to UA = 12,500 UA miles = 12,500 MR points
- 20k SPG to MR = 60,000 MR points
Sep 30, 2017, 3:20 pm
#2378
Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: ROC/NYC/MSP/LAX/HKG/SIN
Posts: 3,212
Getting to the finish line:
Gold Lifetime Status
Nights: 688
Points: 1.93M
With SPG Account:
Lifetime Nights: 37
Points: 52k.
I understand that transferring from SPG to Marriott currently does not change the lifeitme count, but would you advise me to do that? I am also not sure if I should worry about LT nights now, as I would have roughly 30-40 nights by Jan 2018.
Shall I try to give a call to Marriott PLT line to find out if I can get LT PLT after the merger of the program?
Gold Lifetime Status
Nights: 688
Points: 1.93M
With SPG Account:
Lifetime Nights: 37
Points: 52k.
I understand that transferring from SPG to Marriott currently does not change the lifeitme count, but would you advise me to do that? I am also not sure if I should worry about LT nights now, as I would have roughly 30-40 nights by Jan 2018.
Shall I try to give a call to Marriott PLT line to find out if I can get LT PLT after the merger of the program?
Sep 30, 2017, 3:22 pm
#2379
Join Date: Mar 2013
Location: LBB
Programs: UA 1K 1MM ★G | Marriott LTT | Hilton ♦ | Hertz PC | Global Entry TSA Pre ✓
Posts: 2,820
Getting to the finish line:
Gold Lifetime Status
Nights: 688
Points: 1.93M
With SPG Account:
Lifetime Nights: 37
Points: 52k.
I understand that transferring from SPG to Marriott currently does not change the lifeitme count, but would you advise me to do that? I am also not sure if I should worry about LT nights now, as I would have roughly 30-40 nights by Jan 2018.
Shall I try to give a call to Marriott PLT line to find out if I can get LT PLT after the merger of the program?
Gold Lifetime Status
Nights: 688
Points: 1.93M
With SPG Account:
Lifetime Nights: 37
Points: 52k.
I understand that transferring from SPG to Marriott currently does not change the lifeitme count, but would you advise me to do that? I am also not sure if I should worry about LT nights now, as I would have roughly 30-40 nights by Jan 2018.
Shall I try to give a call to Marriott PLT line to find out if I can get LT PLT after the merger of the program?
Sep 30, 2017, 7:25 pm
#2381
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Posts: 11,329
Sad part neither will anyone you get on the phone or via email. The details of the merged program has not be released and will not until they are ready. DO NOT count on any advice as to what will be in play after the merger.
Oct 1, 2017, 9:10 am
#2382
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Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,933
So you shouldn't spend that much time fretting about what your SPG points/night will do under the current Marriott math, because you have no idea if the current Marriott math will still apply at that point.
Marriott has changed how they compute lifetime status several times in past years, even without an "merger" excuse. So why expect them not to change it even a little bit when the merger is completed?
So if you can get to your desired LT status easily just on the Marriott side before this might change, great. Otherwise, don't try to "manipulate" it too much, because the goalpost might move before the ball you just kicked gets there.
Oct 4, 2017, 4:10 pm
#2383
Join Date: May 2013
Location: New York
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott LTPP, Hertz Five Star
Posts: 1,079
16 nights from renewing Platinum, 31 nights from lifetime platinum. (13 and 28 after a trip this week). 13 nights is going to be tight - I'm not traveling as nearly as much this year and I can only account for another 3 nights for sure this year.
Probably going to rent a conference room to get me over the top so I don't lose Marriott Platinum, but I have no idea what the typical rate would be... or if the hotel really cares that I show up/stay for any real period of time. I don't really need a conference room, I just need the 10 nights -_-
Probably going to rent a conference room to get me over the top so I don't lose Marriott Platinum, but I have no idea what the typical rate would be... or if the hotel really cares that I show up/stay for any real period of time. I don't really need a conference room, I just need the 10 nights -_-
Oct 4, 2017, 4:54 pm
#2384
Join Date: May 2006
Location: EWR
Programs: UA Silver, MRP Platinum, Marriott Vacation Club Chairman, SPG Platinum, Cunard Platinum,
Posts: 967
I have heard that Marriott will renew your platinum status if you are close to the 75 nights. Can you try calling Marriott Rewards and ask them?
Oct 4, 2017, 6:49 pm
#2385
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: IND
Programs: LT Marriott Uber Titanium; From US CP to dirt (Its been a while)
Posts: 292
16 nights from renewing Platinum, 31 nights from lifetime platinum. (13 and 28 after a trip this week). 13 nights is going to be tight - I'm not traveling as nearly as much this year and I can only account for another 3 nights for sure this year.
Probably going to rent a conference room to get me over the top so I don't lose Marriott Platinum, but I have no idea what the typical rate would be... or if the hotel really cares that I show up/stay for any real period of time. I don't really need a conference room, I just need the 10 nights -_-
Probably going to rent a conference room to get me over the top so I don't lose Marriott Platinum, but I have no idea what the typical rate would be... or if the hotel really cares that I show up/stay for any real period of time. I don't really need a conference room, I just need the 10 nights -_-
i used to spend $100 at CYs (then they raised price) Last year or 2 I did it (2014) at Fairfield and it was much cheaper to negotiate directly with hotel.
Its lobby area was under renovation and didn't even have an active conference room so we
did 3 @ $75 a pop and we all were happy.