I'd always go with the marriott.com status. Mine shows:

Name: iflyjetz
Account number: 123456789
Member Level: Platinum Premier
Point Balance: 57,284 points
Total Membership Nights: 989
Rollover Nights: 235


My status may be downgraded to Plat after 28 Feb, but I imagine that my 210 nights in 2010 will keep me at PP for 2011.

I also received the same (or similar) e-mail today. "Hmmm," I thought, "they've finally caught their error and put me back where I belonged."

But I checked the MR site and I'm still listed as PP.

[QUOTE=happymommy;15793575]What do you get differently as PP? I've heard of suite upgrades?


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Staying mainly in UK properties, I've found that moving from Plat to PP has increased my suite upgrades from 10% of stays to 30% over the last year or so.

NYC Hotels
 

Just made PP a few weeks ago...:) Looks like last year’s splurging for stays at the JW and Ritz paid off. I will be in NYC every week for the next few months, so will post more updates in a few weeks (Marquis on Times Square & new Autograph Collection coming up)

Property: Courtyard New York Manhattan/Fifth Avenue
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights (last stayed 3 years ago)
Greeting: “Thanks for being a MR member”
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade: No
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: No CL or breakfast. Front desk recommended attached restaurant which offers a $12.50 breakfast. :(

Property: New York Marriott East Side
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights
Greeting: “We have your Platinum# on file...”
Room upgrade: Yes (High Floor, Corner, Superior Room)
Suite upgrade: No
Special requests filled: N/A
Other: Ran out of contact lens solution, called At Your Service. Told me to go down and check with front desk. So I change out of PJs, into day clothes, run down to front desk only to get sent to gift shop. Pay $9 for 3oz bottle of solution. Not dissapointed, becuase it was what I expected, but the same thing happened to co-worker at SPG hotel recently and they brought a bottle to his room.

Property: Fairfield Inn & Suites New York Manhattan/Times Square
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights (stayed there 3 years ago)
Greeting: “Congratulations on being PP! Please don’t hesitate to ask if you need anything...”
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade: No
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: Lounge is under construction so breakfast is now served in the nice bar on top floor. ^

While I don't think this has anything to do with the selection of PP - my gender is very clearly MISS Claire on my Platinum card, on my MR profile page, every reservation even shows MISS (in capital letters, no idea why!). Any similar documents to my husbands show Mr - so I do think that Marriott does know that I am a female and he is a male.

Property: Courtyard Ann Arbor, MI
Length of stay (repeat stays?):1 (here around once a month)
Greeting: Platinum
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade: Yes (I always get one here even before PP status)
Special requests filled:N/A
Other:

Renaissance Mayflower Washington DC
 

Property: Renaissance Mayflower Washington DC
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights (stay their monthly)
Greeting: Mr. MDM64, thank you for your loyalty and for being PP.
Room upgrade: Yes
Suite upgrade: Yes
Special requests filled: None requested.
Other: I have stayed at all full service Marriott properties in DC and feel that the Mayflower is the best.

Property: Philadelphia Marriott Downtown
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 night
Greeting: We have your Platinum Preimere status on file.
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade:Yes
Special requests filled:N/A
Other:

Property: Renaissance Columbus Downtown
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 2 nights (Repeat Stay)
Greeting: Noted I had been upgraded to a Jr. Suite and asked how that sounded.
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade:Yes
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: Fruit & Cheese Tray and a bottle of wine were waiting for me in the room with a note from the GM.

Property: SpringHill Suites Washington, PA
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 night (Repeat Stay)
Greeting: Congratulated me on achieving Platinum Premier and gave me a Sarris Chocalate coin.
Room upgrade: Yes, to Jazcuzzi Suite
Suite upgrade: No
Special requests filled:N/A
Other:

Property: Renaissance Pittsburgh
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 night (Repeat Stay, though it had been many years since my last stay)
Greeting: Noted my Platinum Premier Status.
Room upgrade: Yes. Original room not ready (2 PM Check-in). FD Agent searched for a nice room and gave us a CL level river view room with great view of PNC Park.
Suite upgrade: No
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: Weekend award stay, no breakfast coupoons and CL lounge closed.

Property: Residence Inn Baltimore Downtown
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 night
Greeting: We have your Platinum status on file.
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade:Yes
Special requests filled:N/A
Other:

Property: Courtyard Chicago Glenview/Northbrook
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 Nights
Greeting: Nothing special
Room upgrade: No
Suite upgrade:No
Special requests filled: Water bottle after request
Other: uncomfortable bed:td:

Property: Marriott MCI
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 1 Night
Greeting: Status and repeat customer recognized and appreciated
Room upgrade: Yes
Suite upgrade:Presidential suite
Special requests filled: Early check-in, (blizzard in KC
Other: Great stay, spent more time in room than typical due to blizzard, used rewards pts.

Property: Courtyard LAX Century Blvd.
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights
Greeting: Would you like points for your Platinum gift?
Room upgrade:No.
Suite upgrade:No.
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: Terrible, useless business center. Logs you out after printing just a few pages. No good when printing boarding passes for a group.

Property: Atlanta Marriott Century Center
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 3 nights (a few past stays)
Greeting: Would you like points for your Platinum gift?
Room upgrade:No.
Suite upgrade:No.
Special requests filled: Kept us in same rooms when changing over from initial Priceline stay to regular 3 night reservation.:) Still made me come to front desk to get new keys when the regular stay began.:(
Other:

Property: Residence Inn Las Vegas Hughes Center
Length of stay (repeat stays?): 2 nights
Greeting: Would you like points for your Platinum gift?
Room upgrade:No.
Suite upgrade:No.
Special requests filled:N/A
Other: Awesome, smooth check in for party of 20 staying in 6 rooms. Well run hotel with friendly staff.