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Apr 21, 2009 | 4:46 pm

bwiadca

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Platinum status

Hi All,

Few days ago I've got my platinum status with Marriott. I've been gold with them for 3 years and its nothing special. What about platinum? What is the arrival gift that people on ft are talking about?
By the end of the summer I will have about 160 nights with Marriott for 2009. Are they going to give me extra year of platinum status for making platinum twice this year?

Thanks.

Apr 21, 2009 | 4:54 pm

jan_az

Join Date: May 2001

Location: Phoenix

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Originally Posted by bwiadca

Thanks.

500 points or
fruit and cheese or something like that

Nope to the extra yr - but maybe they will give you PP ( BTW 160 out of 160 available nites is pretty incredible - so you still have a house? :P )

Apr 21, 2009 | 5:11 pm

bwiadca

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Its going to be 160 out of 240 (end of August)

I will have two stays for 40 days each so I can get only extra 1000 points. I don't know if this is such a good deal

Thanks

Apr 21, 2009 | 9:04 pm

keeton

Join Date: Sep 2002

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You will also get a 50% bonus on all the points you earn. At 160 nights, even at a cheap rate, that will be a ton of points.

Apr 22, 2009 | 12:12 am

littlevoices

Join Date: Jul 2008

Location: HKG

Programs: Marriott Ambassador (Titanium Lifetime), BA GfL, EK Gold, HH Diamond, Ex-BD*G

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Originally Posted by jan_az

Nope to the extra yr - but maybe they will give you PP ( BTW 160 out of 160 available nites is pretty incredible - so you still have a house? :P )

Unlikely to get pp (Platinum Premier) as general consensus seems to be that they look at more than 1 year of stays.

The extra points percentage will be your main bonus if you're doing two 40 night stays.

On the status question - next year, even with no stays you'll still be platinum (till Feb 2011) as you'll have qualified for this year, the year afterwards you'll be gold (till Feb 2012) - even with no other stays.

Apr 22, 2009 | 6:22 am

davidash

Join Date: Oct 2008

Programs: UA 1K and 1 Million Miles, Marriott Plat Premier and LT Plat, Hertz Pres Circle

Posts: 456

Plat Arrival gift is either 500 points or choice of beverage (wine/beer/soda/water) and a snack (fruit, cheese and crackers).

You could check out and re check in and get another Plat gift if you choose

Apr 22, 2009 | 6:54 am

hhoope01

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Originally Posted by davidash

Plat Arrival gift is either 500 points or choice of beverage (wine/beer/soda/water) and a snack (fruit, cheese and crackers).

This is the normal arrival gift for a FS Marriott. For the non-FS hotels, you would get 200 points (250 for non-NA CYs) or an item option. If the hotel has a little mini-mart close to the front desk, I'm usually offered the option of one or two items from the mart. If they don't have the mini-mart, then they will normally have a small bag with a couple of bottles of water and a very small bag of cookies.