Real Plat
 

Some of us have always made it the hard way. Never stayed on business. Made Platinum in 2008 at 76 nights. Made Lifetime in 2013. One year 2014 only stayed 70 "real" nights. Every year other than that have made 75 without reward stays or rollover or double nights. Marriott head office not remotely impressed.

Not sure what the issue here is? What are you trying to get them to do?

How would Marriott know if you stay for business or leisure...and why would they necessarily care?

Congrats on making it the right way (BIB), i.e Butt in Bed. Lounges and upgrades would be a lot better if they didn't hand it out like candy through other means.

But what is your point otherwise? If you are paying for it personally and not for your own business reasons, contrats again as you must be well off $$ and have time for travelling - color me jealous.

I think the real issue is earning it BIB style, not whom pays. I sacrificed and missed out on a lot of family & life & wear plus tear traveling for 30 years earning LTP BIB because of my corporate job. Now when I need to travel for personal reasons, the lounges and upgrades have turned to crap...

Sorry, but :rolleyes:

Totally OT, but your tagline is spectacular.

It's just my little way of ferreting out my fellow geeks! :p Wish I could claim original thought on this one, but at least the exact wording is my own (which I've seen copied down to the trailing ellipsis on a couple of other sites over the years - you know what they say about emulation and flattery and whatnot!).

Do REAL plats get better arrival gifts? Maybe something like 550 bonus points, rather than 500? :D

But I know people that stay 100+ nights a year, so...

Or any points at all - or arrival gifts, consistently? Just silly to expect, at the end of it all (confusion on the part of folks who think their "color" of money is somehow - or even should be - distinguishable to bean counters)...

All Platinums are real Platinums.

Wow, you're just super duper awesome! We bow to your incredibleness!

(Is that what you were looking for? Feel better now?)

fwiw, the dollars Marriott gets for stays don't have a source tagged with them, or a different value based on where they came from. Why do you think they should be impressed?

I disagree with your notion that people who stay for business reasons, even part of the time, are not real platinums. Or that it is not hard. Regardless of who's paying, regular travel is hard. Anyone who earns status primarily through butt-in-bed (BIB) nights is a real elite.

By the way, I'm glad that you have time and budget for 75+ paid leisure nights a year with MR. I'm envious, even. Many of us do not have that luxury.

I travel for business every week and do 200+ BIB nights a year with Marriott. While i'm not paying for this, I choose Marriott and go out of my way to stay at Marriott properties. Got lifetime platinum in 4 years. I wouldn't say I had it easy.

The vast majority of Marriott Platinums are "real" Platinums. Seriously. They are. Marriott gives out some Gold (although not nearly as easily as other chains give out mid-tiers), but they don't throw comp Plat around too often.

What kind of weird favor were you hoping to get from a hotel that you didn't get and now assume it's because every other Plat at the property did 21 nights at a $79/nt Aloft last year and stole your perk?

Don't feed the trolls...

I don't think you've impressed anyone from FT either. Could this be merged into the DYKWIA thread (mods, just asking)?