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flyou10 Jul 28, 2018 8:12 am
Quickest way to Platinum?
 
Hi,

What is the quickest way to Platinum?

I will be starting a new job before long that involves a lot of travel and they use Marriott. I have been a Hilton Diamond for the last 4 years so I will be starting over from scratch. I’m hoping to get Plat by years end. After that I won’t have any problem retaining Plat when I have a full year to do so.

My my thought is to get the credit card to get the 15 night credit. Then once I make gold do the Plat challenge. Is that the best way? I am assuming that there is no quick route from Silver straight to Plat?

Thanks all all for the help!

RogerD408 Jul 28, 2018 8:15 am
Originally Posted by flyou10 (Post 30021882)
Hi,

What is the quickest way to Platinum?

I will be starting a new job before long that involves a lot of travel and they use Marriott. I have been a Hilton Diamond for the last 4 years so I will be starting over from scratch. I’m hoping to get Plat by years end. After that I won’t have any problem retaining Plat when I have a full year to do so.

My my thought is to get the credit card to get the 15 night credit. Then once I make gold do the Plat challenge. Is that the best way? I am assuming that there is no quick route from Silver straight to Plat?

Thanks all all for the help!
The quickest is/was https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marr...-required.html.

There is debate right now if this is an option after the merge of the programs on 8/18, but you have time now.

UA-NYC Jul 28, 2018 8:19 am
Yup - if you do it right & efficiently, ~$400-$500 and Plat is yours!

levman Jul 28, 2018 5:22 pm
Platinum under the merged program which goes into effect on Aug 18, or platinum under the current program? The current gold level will be called platinum under the new program.

Assuming that you mean the current platinum (which will be called platinum premier): the benefits for (current) gold are almost the same as those for (current) platinum, so you might consider doing a gold challenge instead - that way, you start getting the benefits sooner. Then in 12 months, you can do a challenge for the next level (assuming they offer that with the new program). I am a hilton diamond (25 days away from lifetime, which I will hit before the year ends, woohoo!) and did just that back in January, as I was gathering Marriott points for a Maui trip (leaving next week!)

I've found that I get treated very well as a (current program) gold. And who knows what the challenges will look like under the new program... Might be better to take advantage of it now.

Here's the comparison chart for the merged program:
https://members.marriott.com/benefits/

geminidreams Jul 29, 2018 2:41 am
`If you sign up for SPG now and do their plat challenge you will also end up with Marriott plat. It requires 18 nights in 3 months in SPG hotels. You would need to be quick but after 18th August SPG hotels will be under Marriott but you should still be able to make status under the old SPG terms.

swag Jul 29, 2018 9:48 am
Originally Posted by flyou10 (Post 30021882)
My my thought is to get the credit card to get the 15 night credit.
The currently available Marriott credit cards post a 15 night credit starting in 2019, posting early in the year to holders of the card as of the previous Dec 31, so that won't help you at all for the 2018 qualification year.

flyou10 Jul 29, 2018 9:50 am
Originally Posted by swag (Post 30024737)
The currently available Marriott credit cards post a 15 night credit starting in 2019, posting early in the year to holders of the card as of the previous Dec 31, so that won't help you at all for the 2018 qualification year.
Oh man I missed that part, that hurts. I have to get to 25 nights to get gold, then complete the challenge. That could be very trying. I might have to just try for the silver to gold challenge.

Unfortunately, I will be starting my job next month, so I won't have the benefit of doing anything prior to Aug 18.

Thank everyone for the help!

RogerD408 Jul 29, 2018 10:12 am
Originally Posted by flyou10 (Post 30024745)
Oh man I missed that part, that hurts. I have to get to 25 nights to get gold, then complete the challenge. That could be very trying. I might have to just try for the silver to gold challenge.

Unfortunately, I will be starting my job next month, so I won't have the benefit of doing anything prior to Aug 18.

Thank everyone for the help!
No, you need to get 50 MR nights to get MR Gold (do you have any right now?). And I thought the challenges have been shut down for now.

flyou10 Jul 29, 2018 1:44 pm
No, you need to get 50 MR nights to get MR Gold (do you have any right now?). And I thought the challenges have been shut down for now.
Gold being the post Aug 18th combined gold. 25 nights. Then hoping they still do the challenges (who knows) to get to Plat50 by the end of the year.

Next year I’ll easily make Platinum Executive 75. Just hoping to get the best jump start I can.


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