Jul 15, 2013, 1:49 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
As of 3 March 2019, UA elites are being matched to the new Marriott Bonvoy Gold level including those UA elites who had gone Marriott Plat status during the Marriott / Starwood merger process. Marriott Bonvoy Gold does not include lounge access and late checkout is 2 PM
Archive Thread RewardsPlus - Comp'ed Marriot/UA status {Archive}
************************************* Information below applied to the previous arrangement with Marriott and parts are out of date ***********************************
FAQs: https://secure.unitedmileageplus.com...s.html?lang=en
Q: If I registered and was granted complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status through RewardsPlus and have re–qualified for MileagePlus Premier Gold® status or higher for the following year, will I need to also re–register my request for complimentary Gold Elite status for the following year?
A: No. Members who have already registered for and received complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status through RewardsPlus in a calendar year and who qualify for MileagePlus Premier Gold® status or higher for the following calendar year will have their previous registration with RewardsPlus automatically renewed and will receive complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status for the following calendar year.
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For the United elites who are new to Marriott Rewards, here are the benefits you receive as Gold. Please familiarize yourself with what you are and are not entitled to as a Marriott Gold.
http://www.marriott.com/rewards/member-benefits/gold.mi
Also, please be nice to the Marriott 'newbies' who come to this forum to figure out what UA Silver gets (or doesn't get) them.
And here is a thread with some details for the newly-minted UA Silvers:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...riences-q.html
RewardsPlus combines the best of MileagePlus and Marriott Rewards
United MileagePlus® and Marriott Rewards® are excited to announce that the exclusive travel benefits of our RewardsPlus program will continue into 2016. Once registered for RewardsPlus, MileagePlus members with Premier® Gold status or higher are eligible for Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status, and all of the benefits that come with it. This year’s status offerings will be effective through January 2017.
Go places you’ve dreamed of in 2016 and elevate your experience everywhere.
• MileagePlus Premiers who are already registered: If you qualify for Premier Gold status or higher for 2016, we’ll automatically renew your benefits in Marriott Rewards for another year, until January 2017
• If you qualify for Premier Gold status or higher for 2016 and have not yet registered, sign-up now. Registration is easy and complimentary, and you’ll enjoy a year of great benefits with an upgrade to Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status
• Marriott Rewards Platinum Elite members who are already registered: If you qualify for Platinum Elite status in Marriott Rewards for 2016, more good news – we’ll automatically renew your benefits in MileagePlus for another year, until January 2017
• All members of both programs: You’ll continue to enjoy a 20% discount every time you convert Marriott Rewards points into MileagePlus miles as well as 10% more miles when you redeem points for RewardsPlus travel packages
Continue to take your benefits above and beyond.
For United MileagePlus members with Premier Gold status or higher, Marriott Rewards will offer Gold Elite status, which includes:
• Lounge access and complimentary continental breakfast at participating JW Marriott®, Renaissance Hotels®, Marriott® Hotels and Autograph Collection® Hotels (Resorts are excluded)
• Room upgrades, based on availability and limited to Member’s personal guest room
• Complimentary in-room enhanced Internet access at more than 3,800 hotels globally
• 25% point bonus on all Marriott stays
• Priority late check-out, based on availability
• Gold Elite customized offers and awards
• One-to-one transfer of MileagePlus miles into Marriott Rewards points, a benefit United’s Premier Silver members will also receive
For Marriott Rewards Platinum Elite members, United MileagePlus will offer Premier Silver status, which includes:
• Complimentary access to Economy Plus® at check-in for you and a companion (when available)
• Complimentary Premier Upgrade confirmation as early as day of departure
• Premier Access® priority airport services, including check-in, baggage handling, security screening (where available) and boarding
• One complimentary checked bag, standard size
• 7 award miles for every dollar you spend on United flights*
Elevate your travel experience with another year of RewardsPlus. For more information about RewardsPlus and to learn how to register, visit united.com/rewardsplus or mrrewardsplus.com.
https://hub.united.com/en-us/news/loyalty-program/pages/elevate-your-experience-with-united-mileageplus-and-marriott-rewards.aspx
While not publicly stated, in 2017, Marriott Platinum Premiers were matched as United Premier Gold (Marriott Platinum Elites are matched as Premier Silver)
and United Global Services members were matched as Marriott Platinum Elites (appears this was for 2017 only and will not be offered in 2018)
Archive Thread RewardsPlus - Comp'ed Marriot/UA status {Archive}
************************************* Information below applied to the previous arrangement with Marriott and parts are out of date ***********************************
FAQs: https://secure.unitedmileageplus.com...s.html?lang=en
Q: If I registered and was granted complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status through RewardsPlus and have re–qualified for MileagePlus Premier Gold® status or higher for the following year, will I need to also re–register my request for complimentary Gold Elite status for the following year?
A: No. Members who have already registered for and received complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status through RewardsPlus in a calendar year and who qualify for MileagePlus Premier Gold® status or higher for the following calendar year will have their previous registration with RewardsPlus automatically renewed and will receive complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status for the following calendar year.
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For the United elites who are new to Marriott Rewards, here are the benefits you receive as Gold. Please familiarize yourself with what you are and are not entitled to as a Marriott Gold.
http://www.marriott.com/rewards/member-benefits/gold.mi
Also, please be nice to the Marriott 'newbies' who come to this forum to figure out what UA Silver gets (or doesn't get) them.
And here is a thread with some details for the newly-minted UA Silvers:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...riences-q.html
RewardsPlus combines the best of MileagePlus and Marriott Rewards
United MileagePlus® and Marriott Rewards® are excited to announce that the exclusive travel benefits of our RewardsPlus program will continue into 2016. Once registered for RewardsPlus, MileagePlus members with Premier® Gold status or higher are eligible for Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status, and all of the benefits that come with it. This year’s status offerings will be effective through January 2017.
Go places you’ve dreamed of in 2016 and elevate your experience everywhere.
• MileagePlus Premiers who are already registered: If you qualify for Premier Gold status or higher for 2016, we’ll automatically renew your benefits in Marriott Rewards for another year, until January 2017
• If you qualify for Premier Gold status or higher for 2016 and have not yet registered, sign-up now. Registration is easy and complimentary, and you’ll enjoy a year of great benefits with an upgrade to Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status
• Marriott Rewards Platinum Elite members who are already registered: If you qualify for Platinum Elite status in Marriott Rewards for 2016, more good news – we’ll automatically renew your benefits in MileagePlus for another year, until January 2017
• All members of both programs: You’ll continue to enjoy a 20% discount every time you convert Marriott Rewards points into MileagePlus miles as well as 10% more miles when you redeem points for RewardsPlus travel packages
Continue to take your benefits above and beyond.
For United MileagePlus members with Premier Gold status or higher, Marriott Rewards will offer Gold Elite status, which includes:
• Lounge access and complimentary continental breakfast at participating JW Marriott®, Renaissance Hotels®, Marriott® Hotels and Autograph Collection® Hotels (Resorts are excluded)
• Room upgrades, based on availability and limited to Member’s personal guest room
• Complimentary in-room enhanced Internet access at more than 3,800 hotels globally
• 25% point bonus on all Marriott stays
• Priority late check-out, based on availability
• Gold Elite customized offers and awards
• One-to-one transfer of MileagePlus miles into Marriott Rewards points, a benefit United’s Premier Silver members will also receive
For Marriott Rewards Platinum Elite members, United MileagePlus will offer Premier Silver status, which includes:
• Complimentary access to Economy Plus® at check-in for you and a companion (when available)
• Complimentary Premier Upgrade confirmation as early as day of departure
• Premier Access® priority airport services, including check-in, baggage handling, security screening (where available) and boarding
• One complimentary checked bag, standard size
• 7 award miles for every dollar you spend on United flights*
Elevate your travel experience with another year of RewardsPlus. For more information about RewardsPlus and to learn how to register, visit united.com/rewardsplus or mrrewardsplus.com.
https://hub.united.com/en-us/news/loyalty-program/pages/elevate-your-experience-with-united-mileageplus-and-marriott-rewards.aspx
While not publicly stated, in 2017, Marriott Platinum Premiers were matched as United Premier Gold (Marriott Platinum Elites are matched as Premier Silver)
and United Global Services members were matched as Marriott Platinum Elites (appears this was for 2017 only and will not be offered in 2018)
RewardsPlus - Comp'ed Marriot/UA status {Highest UA comp'ed status now Marriott Gold}
Mar 7, 2019, 3:11 pm
#331
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Rowley, MA / Edgartown, MA / Christiansted, St. Croix (USVI)
Programs: UA LT GS/4.96MM, Marriott LT Titanium, IHG Platinum, Global Entry, TSA Pre✓, Korea SeS, APEC
Posts: 579
I’ve been loyal to Marriott and IHG in that order. Getting a Hilton Diamond or the equivalent Hyatt wouldn’t alter my behavior. I’m driven by convenience and habit, in that order. I’m the same way on flight selection, it’s about schedule and cost.
Mar 9, 2019, 7:19 am
#332
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AY+ Gold
Posts: 147
March 1st I got downgraded to Mariott Silver (even though still UA Gold).
I called them and they said that they don't know and I should try matching again, which I did 4 days ago.
Question: Do you have to match every year over and over again?
Mar 9, 2019, 8:09 am
#333
Join Date: Sep 2010
Programs: UA -GS 4.5 MM, Marriott Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 116
Done with Marriott
Without the lounge access I am finished with Marriott. I had been focused on them for the last couple of years and already have GOLD for life with Marriott, but now there is no benefit for me to prefer Marriott. Now focused on Hilton, have their Aspire card which provides Diamond level and all the benefits. I did enjoy Marriott, but they have nothing to offer me now.
Mar 9, 2019, 8:59 am
#334
Join Date: Nov 2012
Programs: BA Bronze, United 1K, HH Gold, SPG Platinum, Marriott Platinum
Posts: 3,477
Mar 9, 2019, 11:21 am
#335
Moderator: United Airlines
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA Plat 1.99MM, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Plat/LT Gold, Hilton Silver, IHG Plat
Posts: 66,769
I got the Mariott Gold status (thanks to UA Gold) in December 2018.
March 1st I got downgraded to Mariott Silver (even though still UA Gold).
I called them and they said that they don't know and I should try matching again, which I did 4 days ago.
Question: Do you have to match every year over and over again?
March 1st I got downgraded to Mariott Silver (even though still UA Gold).
I called them and they said that they don't know and I should try matching again, which I did 4 days ago.
Question: Do you have to match every year over and over again?
Realize the Marriott program has been in flux for a year and a half with a "few" IT issues, so the past couple of years really is probably a poor predictor of the future.
Mar 9, 2019, 3:09 pm
#336
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: MFR
Programs: UA 1K 1.9MM, Hilton Gold, Marriott Gold
Posts: 2,879
Here to report the day before the downgrade I got the usual letter from the resort welcoming me as a Platinum.
I wrote back and milked it a bit, asking for an ocean view and a large tub, also mentioned it’s my birthday ; )
The Sheraton Soma Bay Resort welcomed me as a Plat at check in.
Writing this now from my top floor corner Exec Suite with jacuzzi tub and 3 balconies : )
Leaving Marriott with a bang.
And letting my Hyatt status drop off to nothing this year as well.
I’m freeeee!
I wrote back and milked it a bit, asking for an ocean view and a large tub, also mentioned it’s my birthday ; )
The Sheraton Soma Bay Resort welcomed me as a Plat at check in.
Writing this now from my top floor corner Exec Suite with jacuzzi tub and 3 balconies : )
Leaving Marriott with a bang.
And letting my Hyatt status drop off to nothing this year as well.
I’m freeeee!
Mar 9, 2019, 3:33 pm
#337
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,360
IMO Marriott is saturated (way way way too much) with too many high "elites". They have not figured out a good way to differentiate Platinum, Titanium, and Ambassador statuses. Hyatt has this figured out and is not saturated with Globalist status. I suspect the saturation is leading them not to offer United GS any additional benefits in the partnership.
Mar 9, 2019, 4:25 pm
#338
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 15,715
and angry to see my status updated to Gold when I returned home from my last trip (ironically a Marriott property). This will hit hard soon when we stay at the St. Regis properties in Italy this summer.I still have mixed feeling about moving upcoming stays to Hyatt which also does not provide a free breakfast until 55 nights, though I have plenty of lounge certs. But I feel that if enough of us penalize Marriott the decrease in business by former elites will not go unnoticed and may cause a change in behavior.
Mar 9, 2019, 4:58 pm
#339
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,911
Wish I could see the glass half full, but was and angry to see my status updated to Gold when I returned home from my last trip (ironically a Marriott property). This will hit hard soon when we stay at the St. Regis properties in Italy this summer.
I still have mixed feeling about moving upcoming stays to Hyatt which also does not provide a free breakfast until 55 nights, though I have plenty of lounge certs. But I feel that if enough of us penalize Marriott the decrease in business by former elites will not go unnoticed and may cause a change in behavior.
and angry to see my status updated to Gold when I returned home from my last trip (ironically a Marriott property). This will hit hard soon when we stay at the St. Regis properties in Italy this summer.I still have mixed feeling about moving upcoming stays to Hyatt which also does not provide a free breakfast until 55 nights, though I have plenty of lounge certs. But I feel that if enough of us penalize Marriott the decrease in business by former elites will not go unnoticed and may cause a change in behavior.
Get the credit card and 35 nights and be platinum again which is easier than Hyatt 55 nights with credit card.
Mar 9, 2019, 6:24 pm
#340
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2017
Programs: AS 75K, DL Silver, UA Platinum, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Marriott Platinum + LT Gold
Posts: 10,461
If Marriott Plat status (or the previous iteration of Gold) was comp'd via RewardsPlus, you didn't earn any status on the hotel side.
If lounge access and other perks are important, it's only fair to play by the rules and stay the prerequisite nights. There are other programs with different structures which may be more suitable for some.
If lounge access and other perks are important, it's only fair to play by the rules and stay the prerequisite nights. There are other programs with different structures which may be more suitable for some.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Mar 9, 2019 at 6:45 pm Reason: Discuss the issue, not the poster(s)
Mar 9, 2019, 8:51 pm
#341
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Programs: UA 1MM, Marriott LTP, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Discoverist, Hertz PC
Posts: 1,002
Wish I could see the glass half full, but was and angry to see my status updated to Gold when I returned home from my last trip (ironically a Marriott property). This will hit hard soon when we stay at the St. Regis properties in Italy this summer.
I still have mixed feeling about moving upcoming stays to Hyatt which also does not provide a free breakfast until 55 nights, though I have plenty of lounge certs. But I feel that if enough of us penalize Marriott the decrease in business by former elites will not go unnoticed and may cause a change in behavior.
and angry to see my status updated to Gold when I returned home from my last trip (ironically a Marriott property). This will hit hard soon when we stay at the St. Regis properties in Italy this summer.I still have mixed feeling about moving upcoming stays to Hyatt which also does not provide a free breakfast until 55 nights, though I have plenty of lounge certs. But I feel that if enough of us penalize Marriott the decrease in business by former elites will not go unnoticed and may cause a change in behavior.
Mar 9, 2019, 9:44 pm
#342
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SAN
Programs: 1K (since 2008), *G (since 1990), 1MM
Posts: 3,214
If you have stayed the minimum of 50 nights (or 35 with a credit card), you would have Platinum status already. If you only stay at Marriott occasionally, you really shouldn’t have the Platinum status. If you could have it, then why does Marriott not give Platinum status to anyone who wants it? (I have made this point before.) I really don’t believe that travellers who occasionally stay at Marriott (who happen to have UA Gold+) will have enough clout to “punish” Marriott by moving their occasional stays to a different hotel.
As you say, I am sure the hotels such as Marriott will not notice any drop in business. Their corporate clients will keep them afloat - oh hang on margins get squeezed for the hotels which will be even tighter as they need more corporates staying to fill the rooms.
Mar 9, 2019, 9:57 pm
#343
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: SFO
Posts: 4,911
Well if you are right, people like me who travel and want somewhere to sit and work quietly and not in their room will abandon hotels for the new shared economy, i.e. VRBO and Airbnb. Hotels will get their wish with less of the occasional guests.
As you say, I am sure the hotels such as Marriott will not notice any drop in business. Their corporate clients will keep them afloat - oh hang on margins get squeezed for the hotels which will be even tighter as they need more corporates staying to fill the rooms.
As you say, I am sure the hotels such as Marriott will not notice any drop in business. Their corporate clients will keep them afloat - oh hang on margins get squeezed for the hotels which will be even tighter as they need more corporates staying to fill the rooms.
Mar 9, 2019, 10:20 pm
#344
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SAN
Programs: 1K (since 2008), *G (since 1990), 1MM
Posts: 3,214
Mar 10, 2019, 8:48 am
#345
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Doylestown, PA, USA
Programs: UA Platinum Hilton Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 549
Oh well
GS here.
I only have 70 more nights to go to lifetime Plat with Marriott. Which I should achieve end of next year.
Already have the 10 years as a plat.
I usually put short stays (1day) with Hilton to maintain my diamond status. So about 30 stays / 40 nights a year with them. Still got like 280 nights to get to lifetime diamond.
Being a plat did have me moving some longer stays or by convenience to Marriott. With move to gold I’ll just take major city stays to Hilton and the places I go and stay in a courtyard anyway (with essentially no benefits for gold or plat) I’ll leave and grind my way through to lifetime plat. Maybe it will take 6 extra months but I will get there.
I only have 70 more nights to go to lifetime Plat with Marriott. Which I should achieve end of next year.
Already have the 10 years as a plat.
I usually put short stays (1day) with Hilton to maintain my diamond status. So about 30 stays / 40 nights a year with them. Still got like 280 nights to get to lifetime diamond.
Being a plat did have me moving some longer stays or by convenience to Marriott. With move to gold I’ll just take major city stays to Hilton and the places I go and stay in a courtyard anyway (with essentially no benefits for gold or plat) I’ll leave and grind my way through to lifetime plat. Maybe it will take 6 extra months but I will get there.