bochtoyota

Just got my platinum premier gift. The brochure lists the extra premier benefits as:

• Dedicated Platinum Premier Services Team
• Complimentary Hertz Gold Plus Rewards President's Circle Status

No mention of United Gold

Jon Maiman

Correct. Unfortunately they discontinued United Gold this year. You only get United Silver which is worth very little. United Gold is the minimum level to be able to select economy plus seats at time of booking. That was the primary benefit for me. For those who do international travel, United Gold also gets you lounge access. United Silver is limited to selecting economy plus seats at time of check in though it at least still does get you free checked bags.

--Jon

freeflyin

I see no indication of PP status on my account,nor would I expect to have been granted it.
But a recent folio had it printed on it as my status.
A mistake at the property,or a completely hidden status?

RogerD408

Shouldn't be hidden and doubt the property even knows what it is. There have been reports of differences between the website and the app. Do you have the app? What does it say. I would expect any differences would be sync'd by the end of the month. And just to be clear, the folio says Platinum Premier and not Platinum Elite?

C17PSGR

Sometimes properties realize there is a difference between a P6 (Plat) and an X4 (Plat Premier). Unfortunately, its probably only 25 percent or so.

As Hockeyinsider caught, there is a spelling error in the code on the US website (but not the UK website) so Plat Premier status doesn't show on the US website. You can log into the UK website which doesn't have the spelling error and will show your status if you are a Plat Premier. The app doesn't have the spelling error and will also show your status if you are a Plat Premier.

How many nights did you stay in Marriott properties not including rollovers last year?

CJKatl

Was it a non-US property? I was busted down from PP a couple years ago and this year I am plat by virtue of LTP. A hotel manager told me I still show as PP in his system. Maybe yours is the same thing? A former PP on a non-US system?

freeflyin

I do have the app and status is Platinum. The folio definitely says Platinum Premier

freeflyin

It was a US property and I have never been PP to my knowledge. I am assuming this property somehow made an error, as I definitely did not have enough nights to qualify for Plat.

phltraveler

United Silver is free checked bag, group 2 boarding (Gold/Silver/people with the credit card), baggage priority (all elite status tiers on UA get this - orange tag so your bag is supposed to be one of the first to hit the belt at destination), priority line at security (if you don't have Precheck).

Silver is better than nothing, but the lack of international lack access, only one free checked bag (vs. two for UA Gold), and lack of complimentary E+ at booking hurts it. It's also basically impossible to get a complimentary class upgrade as a Silver.

It's better than nothing, but I can understand why those who previously had gold consider silver a downgrade (it is) or why it might reduce/eliminate the appeal for occasionally flying UA.

jjmoore

At many int'l airports, I was not able (in years past) to use the priority lines unless I was *G or in J

alextktan

On a different note, with regards to no recognition of Platinum Premier (PP), I just want to share my recent experiences on two different properties. The first one was Wuhan Renaissance Hotel and the other was Courtyard Beijing Northeast. Both actually recognized my PP status and treated me very well with upgrades and more. Maybe it's an international thing, I don't know.
Just sharing my two cents. Learnt a whole lot from this forum. Keep this up!

hockeyinsider

I have long theorized that it's more about the management company. Marriott International manages many, if not most, of the international properties whereas most of the domestic (North America) properties are franchised and not managed by Marriott International.

hockeyinsider

For what it's worth, I'm a Delta (Sky Team) guy.

I've only flown Star Alliance five times, all internationally, and One World four times with one flight being an American domestic first-class flight and the rest international. In Kuala Lumpur, Oslo and Trondheim, I've flashed my fancy Delta diamond card to access priority lanes and get priority bag tags.

Star Alliance and One World have so many member airlines that it's possible an agent at an out-station without a strong command of English may not notice your card isn't from their airline's alliance. As I've always said, looking the part is key to getting away with it.

jjmoore

I frequented BRU several years back during my project work in that region... and that was when I was beginning to build status... for the first 5 trips during 2009, I was only *S... and at BRU, the priority line was automated, meaning that the boarding pass had a bar code that I had to scan to be able to access that line... as *S, I was not able to... had to be *G during that time, or equal status on the other alliances. Maybe things have changed... but honestly, I didn't really mind. Once I had Gold that year, it was rather nice to not have to stand in a long line in the priority line, unlike in the states where the priority line can be longer than the standard lines. Purchasing TSA Pre fixed that ultimately.

phltraveler

Yeah, just for clarity on priority security/boarding, that only applies on United and United Express flights (and for the priority security, being at a United Hub with a Premier Access security line). Priority security/boarding as a United elite at a non-United hub (but instead another Star Alliance airline) requires *G (which is United Gold and up)