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Lifetime Marriott Rewards elite status (Pre-Merge 2018 and earlier)
I know the airlines have begun to roll out lifetime status. Does Marriott have such a thing as "status" for life. If so - what needs to be done to attain that?
New rules, effective 1/1/2013: Lifetime status will continue to be awarded on the basis of a combination of points and nights earned by travelers during their memberships. What will not change is the number of points required to earn lifetime status. That remains as follows: Silver Elite: 1.2 million points Gold Elite: 1.6 million points Platinum Elite: 2 million points The new number-of-nights hurdles, however, will be considerably lowered, as follows: Silver Elite: reduced from 600 to 250 nights Gold Elite: reduced from 800 to 500 nights Platinum Elite: reduced from 1,000 to 750 nights Lastly, the current requirement that Rewards members participate in the program for at least 12 years before being eligible for lifetime status will be dropped altogether. The new rules will take effect on January 1, 2013. Full details, according to Marriott’s blogger, will be posted online at http://www.MarriottRewards.com/Lifetime, but that page hasn’t yet been activated. |
Yes, Marriott has a very nice lifetime status for all levels including Platinum. A quick search of this forum with the terms "lifetime" and "status" should bring up a number of threads and info on what the requirements are and how to find out how close you are.
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Search will get you the details, but here are the numbers:
Marriott Rewards also offers Emeritus / Lifetime Status for members having 12+ years as a member, 600, 800, and 1,000 personal nights, 1,500,000, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 lifetime points and 1 earned year at Silver, Gold and Platinum elite level in order to reach Lifetime status in these three categories. |
Here's the requirements in a nutshell.
Originally Posted by Marriott Customer Service Marriott Rewards also offers Emeritus / Lifetime Status for members having 12+ years as a member, 600, 800, and 1,000 personal nights, 1,500,000, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 lifetime points and 1 earned year at Silver, Gold and Platinum elite level in order to reach Lifetime status in these three categories. |
Originally Posted by happywanderer
(Post 9164826)
Here's the requirements in a nutshell.
Originally Posted by Marriott Customer Service Marriott Rewards also offers Emeritus / Lifetime Status for members having 12+ years as a member, 600, 800, and 1,000 personal nights, 1,500,000, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 lifetime points and 1 earned year at Silver, Gold and Platinum elite level in order to reach Lifetime status in these three categories. 12+ years AND 600/800/1000 nights (silver/gold/plat) AND 1,500,000, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 lifetime points AND at least one year at the level So if you have 3M MR points (and 4+ years plat & 12+ years in MR), but only 600 nights you get lifetime silver but not lifetime plat? |
Originally Posted by kazakie
(Post 9173965)
So this means
12+ years AND 600/800/1000 nights (silver/gold/plat) AND 1,500,000, 2,000,000 and 3,000,000 lifetime points AND at least one year at the level So if you have 3M MR points (and 4+ years plat & 12+ years in MR), but only 600 nights you get lifetime silver but not lifetime plat? |
Silly question, but do they send you a letter or some means of communicating this status? Perhaps it is supposed to say so on the website? I believe I've reached Lifetime Silver as of 1/1/08 but only know it because I called Marriott last summer to check my numbers.
(ps- not to be confused with Platinum Premier.) |
I have not received any "official" notification from Marriott. I reached 12 years with Marriott last year, have more than 1000 nights and 2.9 million points lifetime. So I should have Lifetime (Emeritus) Gold elite status and will get the last 100K points in the next few months for Lifetime Plat. :)
My lack of notification could be because I am currently a Plat and that "trumps" the Lifetime Gold status. It will be interesting to see if they send me anything in the next few months when I pass 3 million lifetime points. |
Originally Posted by hhoope01
(Post 9175149)
It will be interesting to see if they send me anything in the next few months when I pass 3 million lifetime points.
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what is the definition of earned?
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Originally Posted by flyerwife
(Post 9174522)
Silly question, but do they send you a letter or some means of communicating this status?....
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It is interesting to hear that they won't do it until you drop from actual platinum status. I remember a CSR telling me that they only update it once at the end of each calendar year.
Earned points are points that you accumulate through paid stays or by winning any awards that yield Marriott points. Marriott keeps a running count of all the points you earned, along with paid nights and years in the program. If you earn miles for a stay, it will not count towards the lifetime point total. |
I could be wrong, but I think welookgood.com's question on the meaning of "earned" was in conjuction with the requirement to "earn elite status" not points.
My thoughts would be that "earned" equals "attained". If in the past, one had attained Platinum status by any means (i.e. 75 nights in a year, Marriott comped them the status, you met a challenge to get that status, etc), then you are eligible to receive Emeritus Platinum status should you meet all other requirements. |
Is anyone in the position of enough points but not nights for a level? I just had stay 600 but am only at 1.28M points, even with $220/night full-service stays over the last year, and almost all full-service stays over the last 12 years. The points seem to be the actual limiting factor, unless you stay in a lot of resorts.
Is that a common position to be in? |
Originally Posted by CPRich
(Post 9181579)
Is anyone in the position of enough points but not nights for a level? I just had stay 600 but am only at 1.28M points, even with $220/night full-service stays over the last year, and almost all full-service stays over the last 12 years. The points seem to be the actual limiting factor, unless you stay in a lot of resorts.
Is that a common position to be in? |
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