If you have to ask, you don't have enough.

Lifetime (Emeritus) requires achievement of three cumulative thresholds: nights, points and years. I don't remember the exact numbers but points was the toughest one for me.

I agree with the OP in that there is a disparity between Silver and Gold. If anything, I think they should raise the threshold for Silver to around 25 nights and increase the benefits. As it stands, you can reach Silver with a few long weekends.

How can MR increase the Silver benefits unless it at the same time increases both the Gold & Plat Benefits as well. Otherwise there wont be much of a difference bet Silver & Gold.

I doubt theyd include Upgrading for Silvers, as of now a Sil gets a 20% bonus with Golds @ 25% and Plats @ 30%, so they increase 1 they have to increase All. I dont see what type of Beneifits they can add to Silver, Access to the Lounges, again if they do this what will they do in turn to Enhance both Gold & Plat

thats why I said they can add a new level thats below Silver giving say 10 or 15% bonus pts for say 10 nights but not much more then that , which wont help anyone who now is a Silver and doesnt do the 50 nights for Gold. It will only mean if you dont do 25 nights that youd get less then what you're getting now.

I know everyone wants more, I just dont see that happening

You have to be a member of Marriott Rewards for 12 years in order to qualify for lifetime status at any level. Also, you must earn a level the hard way at least once by staying the required nights in a year before receiving lifetime status for that level.

For silver you need:
1.5 million points
600 nights stayed (reward nights do not count)

For gold you need:
2 million points
800 nights stayed

For platinum you need:
3 million points
1000 nights stayed

There is a big jump in points required from gold to platinum lifetime status.

Thanks to everyone thus far for your different viewpoints on this topic. I still believe there should be some consideration made even if another elite threshhold isn't created.

However, a new question comes to mind.

Question: If you haven't reached a certain elite status to earn exclusive promotions, can promotions be given to certain MR members based on the number of points accumulated at a certain level? For example, if you reach 100,000 or 150,000 points, could you be eligible for certain promotions and/or extra benefits, or does this type of offer currently exist?

Your responses are welcome.

Marcel I dont know the answer to the question you posed above. BUT Id assume that points are meaningless, after all you dont have to even stay 1 time and can have 100,000 pts. simply use the MR Credit Card or transfer from an airline Miles into Marriott pts, not that it pays but there are ways to get pts w/o having a Single Paid stay. Or it can take a person Years to accumulate 100,000 pts. Now if a person earns 100,000 pts per year from stays alone Im sure theyd be a Plat.

Maybe you simply have to do your Homework and go over all the different hotel Progs and decide which one will give you the best deal for the number of nights/stays that you will be doing on a reg basis every year. instead of trying to get a Prog to up their benefits.

The same can be said for the Airline progs as well, eg NWA, DL & CO all give Plat out at 75,000, the others its 100,000. Some once you reach a ceratin amount of miles give you Lifetime Status so even if you fall short you wont drop below a ceratin level you attained. ALL make you requalify every year for their Top Level. I think only AA allows the miles earned by any means to count towards their 1M and 2m Lifetime Levels.

What you're doing here on the Marriott Forum is like telling UAL making me fly the actual 1Million miles to get LifeTime Status is unfair since AA counts the miles from everywhere and not just those Flown. in that case you should be flying AA and not UAL. NWA & CO makes you have a Sat stay when cashing in for a free Domestic Tkt, DL,AA,UAL etc dont therefore if you dont want that requirement dont credit your miles flown to NWA or CO or fly them or purchase tkts from them. it could be you might not have a choice for whatever reason, then you are STUCK with that Carriers Prog or Hotels progs.

I dont see Marriott or any other Hotel prog changing anytime soon , Especailly as the Hotel Industy is up some 25% over last year.

Im not saying that Marriott has a Fair or an Unfair prog, only if you feel its unfair then dont stay at a Marriott Prop and switch to another Hotels Prog.

Actually, at 10 points a night at full-service Marriott properties, that's only spending $10,000 a year. My first year of biz traveling I hit 100,000 points in about two and a half months in NYC....but not enough nights to earn Plat.

Probably more than you ever wanted to know about Lifetime Platinum status in this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/showt...tinum+lifetime

If you have only earned points and no status, you can use the points for free night(s), mechandise, etc. Hence the underlying nature of the program. Generally frequent stay programs do not extend more benefits to people that stay at their property less frequently. If you want the benefits of higher elite levels then you will need to stay more.

I can't say I agree with the OP's original statement.. but I agree with the concept that a new tier is needed but at the other end, the top end.. something after 100 nights.. and if so.. something with some REAL Tangible benefits.. the lower level they can toss for all I care as it is useless

They have Platinum Premier ;)

What about the super elites like myself who stayed over 150 nights in a Marriott this year (that's over double-Platinum if you're counting). I feel we should get extra benefits! And by the way, it looks like I'll be spending closer to 200 nights in 2006 in a Marriott

Permanent Platinum?
 

I have constantly been Platinum for about 10 years. In toto, I would have well over a 1000 nights spent in Marriotts (of all sorts). I have heard rumors of permanent elite status after spending 1000 nights at Marriotts. Has anyone heard similar rumors? There is nothing to be found anywhere that I've seen.
What happened to the Marriott Christmas gifts?

Here are the requirements....

Silver Emeritus
1.5 million earned MR points &
600 nights &
12 years as an MR member &
Earned MR Silver at least once

Gold Emeritus:
2 million earned MR points &
800 nights &
12 years as an MR member &
Earned MR Gold at least once

Platinum Emeritus:
3 million earned MR points &
1000 nights &
12 years as an MR member &
Earned MR Platinum at least once

ChipsAhoy82,

Just a thought, for you and others like you, maybe there ought to be a higher elite level (Double Platinum, Diamond, etc.). Then again, what more could they offer you then what platinum elite levels already get.