Mar 7, 2019, 5:55 pm
Last edit by: WineCountryUA
This is an archive thread, the active thread is RewardsPlus - Comp'ed Marriot/UA status {UA comp'ed status now Marriott Gold- 3Mar19}
RewardsPlus - Comp'ed Marriot/UA status {Archive}
Feb 7, 2018, 11:49 pm
#931
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Programs: UA 1K 1MM (finally!), IHG AMB-Spire, HH Diamond
Posts: 60,155
I dropped to UA Dirt Feb 1. My Marriott still shows Gold. When do I get downgraded?
i do have the Marriott Chase Visa card which I believe comps Silver via crediting the account 5 nights or something.
i do have the Marriott Chase Visa card which I believe comps Silver via crediting the account 5 nights or something.
Feb 20, 2018, 8:10 am
#933
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: MBS/FNT/LAN
Programs: UA 1K, HH Gold, Mariott Gold
Posts: 9,630
Just got a MP email about Marriott Gold renewed for another year.
Enjoy another year of complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status.
We’re pleased to announce that your Marriott Rewards® Gold Elite status has been automatically renewed for 2018. Now you can look forward to another year of great benefits at Marriott® properties worldwide.
Your 2018 benefits include:*
■ 25% bonus on Rewards base points
■ Lounge access/breakfast1
■ Enhanced Wi-Fi
■ Guaranteed late checkout2
■ And much more
Feb 20, 2018, 8:46 am
#934
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: BOS
Programs: UA 1K 1.45MM, Marriott+SPG Plat, Clear, Nexus, Global Entry and MEX Viajero Confiable
Posts: 1,777
Me too.. except for GS no match to Platinum
Enjoy another year of complimentary Marriott Rewards Gold Elite status.
We’re pleased to extend Marriott Rewards® Gold Elite status to you for 2018. Please note that the special RewardsPlus promotion from 2017 featuring Platinum Elite status in Marriott Rewards has ended, but you can still look forward to another year of Elite benefits at Marriott® properties worldwide.
We’re pleased to extend Marriott Rewards® Gold Elite status to you for 2018. Please note that the special RewardsPlus promotion from 2017 featuring Platinum Elite status in Marriott Rewards has ended, but you can still look forward to another year of Elite benefits at Marriott® properties worldwide.
Feb 20, 2018, 9:22 am
#935
Moderator: Smoking Lounge; FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: SFO
Programs: Lifetime (for now) Gold MM, HH Gold, Giving Tootsie Pops to UA employees, & a retired hockey goalie
Posts: 28,878
Feb 20, 2018, 9:44 am
#936
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
Me too but I'm not sure what it's suppose to get me.
I am considering going to Malta and Sicily so I searched for hotels there. None on either. Just a Meridien hotel and some other resort on Malta, which would be under the Starwood program, so I wouldn't get those benefits like enhanced Wifi.
Only other trip I have booked already is Singapore and Bali but I already booked the hotels. I would gather that Marriott and SPG properties cost considerably more than the hotels I booked, which aren't suppose to be bad at all.
Marriott seems to be more of a thing in Anglophone world. Meridien gives them some coverage in Europe and Francophone countries but I don't know if Marriott is even an option unless you stay in big capitals all the time.
Feb 20, 2018, 9:51 am
#937
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: JAX
Programs: UA Plat MM, AA Gold MM, Marriott LTT, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,770
Got the email as well. However, as SPG LT Plat and therefore MR Plat, this is more than worthless to me.
Feb 20, 2018, 9:58 am
#938
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 11,450
Me too but I'm not sure what it's suppose to get me.
I am considering going to Malta and Sicily so I searched for hotels there. None on either. Just a Meridien hotel and some other resort on Malta, which would be under the Starwood program, so I wouldn't get those benefits like enhanced Wifi.
Only other trip I have booked already is Singapore and Bali but I already booked the hotels. I would gather that Marriott and SPG properties cost considerably more than the hotels I booked, which aren't suppose to be bad at all.
Marriott seems to be more of a thing in Anglophone world. Meridien gives them some coverage in Europe and Francophone countries but I don't know if Marriott is even an option unless you stay in big capitals all the time.
I am considering going to Malta and Sicily so I searched for hotels there. None on either. Just a Meridien hotel and some other resort on Malta, which would be under the Starwood program, so I wouldn't get those benefits like enhanced Wifi.
Only other trip I have booked already is Singapore and Bali but I already booked the hotels. I would gather that Marriott and SPG properties cost considerably more than the hotels I booked, which aren't suppose to be bad at all.
Marriott seems to be more of a thing in Anglophone world. Meridien gives them some coverage in Europe and Francophone countries but I don't know if Marriott is even an option unless you stay in big capitals all the time.
Feb 20, 2018, 10:00 am
#939
Join Date: Jan 2016
Location: New York
Programs: EK Platinum, AA EXP, Marriott Platinum, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 1,137
Feb 20, 2018, 10:03 am
#940
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: GVA (Greater Vancouver Area)
Programs: DREAD Gold; UA 1.035MM; Bonvoy Au-197; PCC Elite+; CCC Elite+; MSC C-12; CWC Au-197; WoH Dis
Posts: 52,121
Feb 20, 2018, 10:44 am
#941
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Join Date: Aug 2015
Posts: 11,450
Good point re: points. However, the stay experience for Starwood Gold doesn't seem much distinguished. The significant step for Marriott is Member -> Gold, but for Starwood it's Gold -> Platinum.
Feb 20, 2018, 10:58 am
#942
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: SF CA USA. I love large faceless corporations. And they cherish me in return (sometimes). ;)
Programs: UA Premier Gold/disappointed 1MM, HH Gold, IHG Plat, MB Gold, BW Diam Sel
Posts: 17,575
You can link your Marriott and Starwood accounts, match statuses, and transfer points back and forth between them at a 3 to 1 ratio (3 Marriott points = 1 Starwood point). And there are other benefits too. Don't be so quick to sneer at Marriott Gold. Instead, take the time to learn about the ways you can use Marriott and/or Starwood before you dismiss it out of hand.
Feb 20, 2018, 11:22 am
#943
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Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Bay Area
Programs: DL SM, UA MP.
Posts: 12,729
You can link your Marriott and Starwood accounts, match statuses, and transfer points back and forth between them at a 3 to 1 ratio (3 Marriott points = 1 Starwood point). And there are other benefits too. Don't be so quick to sneer at Marriott Gold. Instead, take the time to learn about the ways you can use Marriott and/or Starwood before you dismiss it out of hand.
Seems like their rates are already higher than comparable properties, so maybe those benefits and points make up for the higher prices?
Feb 20, 2018, 12:54 pm
#944
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: DEN
Programs: UA 1P-1MM, Marriott LT Titanium
Posts: 3,930
No, although they like to imply that you do. I'm not sure if you book through discount booking engines, but you would run the risk of not getting full benefits. This holds true for point redemptions through Chase or other travel programs. You might end up using a consolidator rate that does not get all benefits.
Feb 27, 2018, 12:42 pm
#945
Join Date: May 2008
Location: New Jersey
Programs: UA GS 1.7MM, Hyatt Lifetime Glob, Marriott Titanium/Lifetime Platinum
Posts: 1,272
Glad to see this partnership renewed, although the UA GS comp to Marriott Plat will be sorely missed. I am curious when my status dropped from Marriott Gold to Plat. I stayed at the Renaissance Aruba Feb 11-16 and received Platinum benefits. Although, as I type this, the MR points for that stay have not yet posted and I am now fearful I won't get my 50% bonus...
