Real Plat
Jan 30, 2017 | 2:28 pm
#1
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Join Date: Nov 2016
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Posts: 607
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.
Jan 30, 2017 | 2:54 pm
#2
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Join Date: Mar 2010
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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.
How would Marriott know if you stay for business or leisure...and why would they necessarily care?
Jan 30, 2017 | 3:46 pm
#3
Join Date: Oct 2001
Programs: LTP, PP
Posts: 9,108
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 $$ and have time for travelling - color me jealous.
I think the real issue is earning it BIB style, not whom pays. I sacrificed and missed out on a lot of family & life & wear plus tear traveling for 30 years earning LTP BIB because of my corporate job. Now when I need to travel for personal reasons, the lounges and upgrades have turned to crap...
But what is your point otherwise? If you are paying for it personally and not for your own business reasons, contrats again as you must be well off $$ 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...
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Jan 30, 2017 | 6:03 pm
#4
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,907
Sorry, but 
Jan 30, 2017 | 6:15 pm
#5
Join Date: Aug 2011
Programs: Hilton Honors Diamond, IHG Spire, Marriott Titanium, Wyndham Diamond, Caesar's Diamond
Posts: 536
Jan 30, 2017 | 6:23 pm
#6
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,907
It's just my little way of ferreting out my fellow geeks! 
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!).
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!).
Jan 30, 2017 | 6:51 pm
#7
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: FLL/BCT
Programs: MR Platinum, and a certain status at an unnamed airline
Posts: 111
Do REAL plats get better arrival gifts? Maybe something like 550 bonus points, rather than 500? 
But I know people that stay 100+ nights a year, so...
But I know people that stay 100+ nights a year, so...
Jan 30, 2017 | 7:08 pm
#8
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: COS
Programs: UA Gold/1.5MM (several years running now!), Marriott LTTE, Hertz Prez
Posts: 1,907
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)...
Jan 30, 2017 | 10:54 pm
#9
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
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Posts: 53,193
All Platinums are real Platinums.
Jan 31, 2017 | 10:00 am
#10
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: May 2002
Location: Pittsburgh
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Posts: 31,677
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?
(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?
Jan 31, 2017 | 10:33 am
#11
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: SJC/SFO
Programs: WN A+ CP, UA 1MM/*A Gold, Mar LT Tit, IHG Plat, HH Dia
Posts: 6,377
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.
Jan 31, 2017 | 11:28 am
#12
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: RDU
Programs: UA Silver, Marriott LTT, Avis President's Club
Posts: 1,542
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.
Jan 31, 2017 | 11:59 am
#13
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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?
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?
Jan 31, 2017 | 12:27 pm
#14
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Now near LAX
Programs: DL GM 1MM, MR LT Titanium
Posts: 4,798
Don't feed the trolls...
Jan 31, 2017 | 12:33 pm
#15
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: TPA/DFW/K15
Programs: AA EXP, Mar AMB, HH LT DIA
Posts: 1,683
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.