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)
Jul 27, 2018, 5:42 pm
#3676
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, MR LTT, HH Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 32,066
I hit the Lifetime Platinum under the old criteria with 750 night and 2mm points a few weeks ago and never heard anything from Marriott. My online account also still shows me as Lifetime Silver, but a call to Marriott and they confirmed that the back-end systems do indeed show me as being Lifetime Platinum. So to echo what everyone else here has said YMMV.
Jul 28, 2018, 3:08 am
#3677
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 87
SPG lifetime gold and Platinum until 2020 and staying at Asia . Seems like the new lifetime gold not at the standard with Hilton Honors gold, will consider to take all my stay to Hilton later
Jul 28, 2018, 5:59 am
#3678
Join Date: Apr 2004
Posts: 47
I made lifetime platinum this spring and received no notification. Whe I called they said I was showing LTP. I asked them to send me a new membership card which they did. It showed LTP. I show it when checking in. It can’t hurt and might be helpful in getting better room
Jul 30, 2018, 2:38 pm
#3679
Join Date: Apr 2017
Programs: Delta-DM, United-Platinum, American-Platinum, Marriott-Platinum, SPG-Platinum
Posts: 196
Realized another option to make up for the 107K LT Marriott points gap is to transfer my existing Chase Ultimate Reward points at 1:1. I'd be losing around ~1200 USD in points value but given those should count towards LT Marriott points, I'd hit the 1.6M mark.
Ideally, I'd then transfer them via a TP to a Category 9 + 110K United miles as I have a redemption in mind for 55K united miles each. I'd then have to hope that the Category 9 legacy certificate can be used at a new "category 7" (category 8 in 2019) hotel. If it doesn't I'm screwed as all the hotels for these flights in mind are new cat 7's.
Thoughts?
Ideally, I'd then transfer them via a TP to a Category 9 + 110K United miles as I have a redemption in mind for 55K united miles each. I'd then have to hope that the Category 9 legacy certificate can be used at a new "category 7" (category 8 in 2019) hotel. If it doesn't I'm screwed as all the hotels for these flights in mind are new cat 7's.
Thoughts?
I no longer live or work in the US so all those lucrative credit card offers are hard to now get.
In terms of "clicking a button", I don't think it should affect me? I'll already do the MR - SPG - SPG Spouse - MR transfer before August 18th (assuming I can then cancel the award booking that I'll be forced to book to transfer + 50K MR points and then book my desired SPG property with MR points post August 18th). If I didn't do this before August 18th, then yes I should avoid pressing the button. I think those that should primarily avoid combining are folks 2 years away from 10 years elite that somehow will make both MR and SPG elite this year (that's a lot of nights/stays)
In terms of "clicking a button", I don't think it should affect me? I'll already do the MR - SPG - SPG Spouse - MR transfer before August 18th (assuming I can then cancel the award booking that I'll be forced to book to transfer + 50K MR points and then book my desired SPG property with MR points post August 18th). If I didn't do this before August 18th, then yes I should avoid pressing the button. I think those that should primarily avoid combining are folks 2 years away from 10 years elite that somehow will make both MR and SPG elite this year (that's a lot of nights/stays)
Jul 31, 2018, 11:51 am
#3680
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: BER
Programs: United 1MM 1K, KLM/AF Plat, BA Gold, Marriott Plat
Posts: 273
A question for the group. With the future changes that Marriott is making I feel like I've wasted a lot of money on Marriott and am ready to take my spend (and that of my company) to other brands.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
Jul 31, 2018, 12:48 pm
#3681
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Platinum/LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 5,594
A question for the group. With the future changes that Marriott is making I feel like I've wasted a lot of money on Marriott and am ready to take my spend (and that of my company) to other brands.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
If you have 10 years 50 nights or more, you'll soon be LT Plat and keep that lounge access too.
Jul 31, 2018, 2:05 pm
#3682
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: BER
Programs: United 1MM 1K, KLM/AF Plat, BA Gold, Marriott Plat
Posts: 273
The point is I wouldn't need 10 years at 50 nights I would only need about 350K in points. Call me crazy but I don't want to spend a gazillion nights in Hotels. I'd rather earn it through solid spend with as few nights as possible. And there is no way I'm putting 75K of that spend on a credit card to reach the Plat level. How do you expect to get to LT Plat so quickly?
Jul 31, 2018, 3:50 pm
#3683
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: home = LAX
Posts: 25,934
A question for the group. With the future changes that Marriott is making I feel like I've wasted a lot of money on Marriott and am ready to take my spend (and that of my company) to other brands.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
I have 598 nights and 1,329,000 points with them so am short quite a few points to Gold (the valuable one with Lounge access). If the program had continued as is I would have had status that would be useful but with the changes a foot and the loss of Lounge access I don't really see the point. Any constructive suggestions. I could transfer 50K form United and 56K from Chase but don't see a way how to earn that many points in such a short time frame.
A pretty complete list of possibilities is in this thread:
The Race to 2.0MM Points is On!
(Your race would be to 1.6mm, but the ways of getting there are the same.)
One simple one you forgot (unless you've already done it this year and thus it's off the table) is buying 50k points for I think $625.
Some actions have to be taken ASAP, including applying for certain credit cards. For example, if you don't have the Marriott business card (and haven't had it for 2.5 years or longer), you may be able to get at least 80k from that (75k signup bonus and at least 5k spend points). But applications for that card may disappear soon (and in any case, rules for getting Marriott/SPG signup bonuses will change radically on Aug 26).
It would have been easier if you'd started planning back when the above-linked thread started. For example, there's now several months less, and so harder to apply for several cards getting several signup bonuses in time. (If you're under 5/24, you might be apply for a Chase UR card you don't have to add to your Chase points. But doing that and a Marriott card too with both bonuses earned before the end of the year might be trickier.)
If you can do 50k from UA, 56k from UR, 50k buying points, and 80k from a credit card signup, then you'd have only 35000 points to go by my calculation. If you can find another person to transfer 35k to 50k into your account, you're then done. (Or if you can do the 50k transfer, from another person, but can't do the credit card signup, you'd be 65k short.)
But of course, all those assumes that you won't earn any points from Marriott brand stays through the end of the year, which is probably not a good assumption. The more you can make use of whatever last-part-of-the-year Megabonus there may be, the more you can earn from points through stays for part of that.
Last edited by sdsearch; Jul 31, 2018 at 4:06 pm
Aug 1, 2018, 3:21 am
#3684
Join Date: Apr 2014
Programs: DL Gold, UA nothing (ex-GS), Marriott lifetime Plat, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 920
The point is I wouldn't need 10 years at 50 nights I would only need about 350K in points. Call me crazy but I don't want to spend a gazillion nights in Hotels. I'd rather earn it through solid spend with as few nights as possible. And there is no way I'm putting 75K of that spend on a credit card to reach the Plat level. How do you expect to get to LT Plat so quickly?
Aug 1, 2018, 5:58 am
#3685
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: PHL
Programs: AA ExP, Marriott Amb, National EAE, Hilton Diamond, SPG Plat (RIP), US CP (RIP)
Posts: 2,379
The point is I wouldn't need 10 years at 50 nights I would only need about 350K in points. Call me crazy but I don't want to spend a gazillion nights in Hotels. I'd rather earn it through solid spend with as few nights as possible. And there is no way I'm putting 75K of that spend on a credit card to reach the Plat level. How do you expect to get to LT Plat so quickly?
Are you saying you’e accumulated 598 nights without ever qualifying for Gold or Platinum status with Marriott?
Last edited by Segments; Aug 1, 2018 at 6:24 am
Aug 1, 2018, 5:59 am
#3686
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Platinum/LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 5,594
The point is I wouldn't need 10 years at 50 nights I would only need about 350K in points. Call me crazy but I don't want to spend a gazillion nights in Hotels. I'd rather earn it through solid spend with as few nights as possible. And there is no way I'm putting 75K of that spend on a credit card to reach the Plat level. How do you expect to get to LT Plat so quickly?
LT Plat in the new program is 600 nights + 10 years of staying 50+ nights. I'm around 550 nights and have not sure if I have 9 or 10 years. So I qualify for LT Gold and will need 50 more nights (which I'll probably hit end of the year or early in 2019) to get to LT Plat.
Unless there's a new communication I haven't seen, everything I've read so far about the "10 years at Platinum" rule is actually "10 years at 50+ nights". So you don't have to actually be Marriott Plat for 10 years, just Marriott Gold (or SPG Plat, if I understand correctly).
Here's the language on the MR site for those who haven't seen it:HOW ARE YEARS AT TENURE CALCULATED FOR LEGACY MR AND RCR MEMBERS?
We are keeping members “whole” in the applicable night tier in which they earned their Elite status. Example: If a member has 4 years of Elite status at the 50 night level (Gold Elite status) they will be counted in August and beyond as 4 years at the new 50 night level (Platinum Elite status). Only the names of the levels are changing. How we account for tenure is not changing.
My point was you need 2 more nights to reach that qualification for LT Plat status. What you haven't shared is how many years you've stayed 50+ nights. If your normal pattern is <50 nights/year, then your post about needing points quickly makes sense. But if you have a number of 50+ night years, you may be closer than you think, and no need to go on a spending spree.
Last edited by JBord; Aug 1, 2018 at 6:11 am Reason: Edit to add FAQ text
Aug 1, 2018, 9:35 am
#3687
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: BER
Programs: United 1MM 1K, KLM/AF Plat, BA Gold, Marriott Plat
Posts: 273
LT Plat in the new program is 600 nights + 10 years of staying 50+ nights. I'm around 550 nights and have not sure if I have 9 or 10 years. So I qualify for LT Gold and will need 50 more nights (which I'll probably hit end of the year or early in 2019) to get to LT Plat.
Unless there's a new communication I haven't seen, everything I've read so far about the "10 years at Platinum" rule is actually "10 years at 50+ nights". So you don't have to actually be Marriott Plat for 10 years, just Marriott Gold (or SPG Plat, if I understand correctly).
Here's the language on the MR site for those who haven't seen it:HOW ARE YEARS AT TENURE CALCULATED FOR LEGACY MR AND RCR MEMBERS?
We are keeping members “whole” in the applicable night tier in which they earned their Elite status. Example: If a member has 4 years of Elite status at the 50 night level (Gold Elite status) they will be counted in August and beyond as 4 years at the new 50 night level (Platinum Elite status). Only the names of the levels are changing. How we account for tenure is not changing.
My point was you need 2 more nights to reach that qualification for LT Plat status. What you haven't shared is how many years you've stayed 50+ nights. If your normal pattern is <50 nights/year, then your post about needing points quickly makes sense. But if you have a number of 50+ night years, you may be closer than you think, and no need to go on a spending spree.
Unless there's a new communication I haven't seen, everything I've read so far about the "10 years at Platinum" rule is actually "10 years at 50+ nights". So you don't have to actually be Marriott Plat for 10 years, just Marriott Gold (or SPG Plat, if I understand correctly).
Here's the language on the MR site for those who haven't seen it:HOW ARE YEARS AT TENURE CALCULATED FOR LEGACY MR AND RCR MEMBERS?
We are keeping members “whole” in the applicable night tier in which they earned their Elite status. Example: If a member has 4 years of Elite status at the 50 night level (Gold Elite status) they will be counted in August and beyond as 4 years at the new 50 night level (Platinum Elite status). Only the names of the levels are changing. How we account for tenure is not changing.
My point was you need 2 more nights to reach that qualification for LT Plat status. What you haven't shared is how many years you've stayed 50+ nights. If your normal pattern is <50 nights/year, then your post about needing points quickly makes sense. But if you have a number of 50+ night years, you may be closer than you think, and no need to go on a spending spree.
Aug 1, 2018, 9:46 am
#3688
Join Date: Jul 2007
Programs: Marriott Titanium
Posts: 461
Have I missed any communications on soft-rollbacks in the new programme?
It's to be confirmed but I think I will have 8 years at 50+ level this year, and expect to be at around 60 nights by end-of-year. So I should be at 9 years in 2019.
I dont foresee much travel for the next couple of years, so I'm thinking of a meeting/long weekend away to gain platinum premier in 2018 and 2019, rolling back to Platinum and LT status in 2020...
It's to be confirmed but I think I will have 8 years at 50+ level this year, and expect to be at around 60 nights by end-of-year. So I should be at 9 years in 2019.
I dont foresee much travel for the next couple of years, so I'm thinking of a meeting/long weekend away to gain platinum premier in 2018 and 2019, rolling back to Platinum and LT status in 2020...
Aug 1, 2018, 12:36 pm
#3689
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: ORD
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott Platinum/LT Platinum, Hilton Gold
Posts: 5,594
Everything Marriott has communicated on it is confusing, until you read that text buried away in the FAQ's. I had missed it for a long time after the announcement on the new program. I guess it mainly only affects those of us who are close to one of the milestones.
Aug 1, 2018, 6:28 pm
#3690
Join Date: May 2009
Location: PHL
Posts: 2,842
How is anyone able to follow up on this stuff. I crossed the LTP threshold on my account but I remained a Gold almost 3 weeks later
4 day’s after I made it I sent an online message inquiring about my status...2 weeks later, no response
2 weeks after I made it, called, waited 20 minutes, hung up
2 1/2 weeks after I made it, called twice, waited 10 minutes, hung up, waited 12 minutes, hung up
4 day’s after I made it I sent an online message inquiring about my status...2 weeks later, no response
2 weeks after I made it, called, waited 20 minutes, hung up
2 1/2 weeks after I made it, called twice, waited 10 minutes, hung up, waited 12 minutes, hung up