Marriott Plat Status for Matched UA Elites staring Aug 18,2018 until Jan 2019, after?
Jul 10, 2018, 9:56 am
#121
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Marriott comms (MARRIOTT website) show MR Gold transfers to Plat in August. No asterisks or caveats
https://members.marriott.com/marriottrewards/
scroll down to see the planned transitions. MARRIOTT Gold Elite becomes Plat
Everybody please ignore SPG - it is a big red herring
UNITED and MARRIOTT RewardsPlus only concerns MP and MR. SPG is a different program and in August SPG is dead.
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Jul 10, 2018, 2:10 pm
#122
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They closest thing to a statement is that nights accumulated in both programs that will apply August. They haven't explicit come out and said matched gold from United gold will convert to platinum. I've seen explicit statements that matched Marriott gold from Starwood gold would stay gold in the new program. At this point if I had to put money on what matched status in August from United gold will be it would be gold, but it's up in the air. There will be blowback from Starwood golds if they give UA golds platinum for sure.
Jul 10, 2018, 2:24 pm
#123
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they didn’t say that folks that got to Gold courtesy of a free 15 credit head start to Gold by having a Marriott CC would convert to Platinum. But they will be Platinum come Aug is there any doubt?
Jul 10, 2018, 2:33 pm
#124
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Except, very much not “full stop and no caveats.”
Members who are MR Gold due to a match from SPG Gold will not be MR New Platinum.
They haven’t said one way or the other whether members who are MR Gold due to a promotional match from UA will be MR New Platinum.
You’re welcome to assume whatever you want — lots of people are assuming they’ll be New Gold, and lots are assuming they’ll be New Platinum. But it’s disingenuous to claim that MR has already settled it. They haven’t.
Members who are MR Gold due to a match from SPG Gold will not be MR New Platinum.
They haven’t said one way or the other whether members who are MR Gold due to a promotional match from UA will be MR New Platinum.
You’re welcome to assume whatever you want — lots of people are assuming they’ll be New Gold, and lots are assuming they’ll be New Platinum. But it’s disingenuous to claim that MR has already settled it. They haven’t.
Jul 10, 2018, 3:02 pm
#125
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Except, very much not “full stop and no caveats.”
Members who are MR Gold due to a match from SPG Gold will not be MR New Platinum.
They haven’t said one way or the other whether members who are MR Gold due to a promotional match from UA will be MR New Platinum.
You’re welcome to assume whatever you want — lots of people are assuming they’ll be New Gold, and lots are assuming they’ll be New Platinum. But it’s disingenuous to claim that MR has already settled it. They haven’t.
Members who are MR Gold due to a match from SPG Gold will not be MR New Platinum.
They haven’t said one way or the other whether members who are MR Gold due to a promotional match from UA will be MR New Platinum.
You’re welcome to assume whatever you want — lots of people are assuming they’ll be New Gold, and lots are assuming they’ll be New Platinum. But it’s disingenuous to claim that MR has already settled it. They haven’t.
However SPG is irrelevant as far as UA:MR RewardsPlus is concerned.
Last edited by WineCountryUA; Jul 10, 2018 at 7:27 pm Reason: merging consecutive posts by same member
Jul 10, 2018, 3:28 pm
#126
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lol I'm not sure Marriott has figured out what they're doing yet with RewardsPlus. They can't even get their stories straight on a date for the program switchover. And they've already changed their minds on multiple program terms from what was originally announced.
Jul 10, 2018, 3:36 pm
#127
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LOL - good point Kacee. And now I wonder if UA will give Silver for folks that got drifted up to "new" MR Platinum from "old" MR Gold. I doubt UA's crack staff has spent a lot of time noodling over that...or even if they would be able to tell how a customer attained "new" Platinum
Jul 11, 2018, 8:09 pm
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No, I'm not. I have e-mails from Marriott which I've pasted the contents of here or one of the related threads before. I have no SPG account and get no SPG communications.
The e-mails from Marriott say that the chart is for earned status, not matched or linked status. What's unclear is whether or not RewardsPlus counts as earned or matched... Honestly, the easiest interpretation is that RewardsPlus is linked status and thus will not be upgraded in the new program (e.g. MR Gold -> MR Gold), but I am hoping that is not the case.
The e-mails from Marriott say that the chart is for earned status, not matched or linked status. What's unclear is whether or not RewardsPlus counts as earned or matched... Honestly, the easiest interpretation is that RewardsPlus is linked status and thus will not be upgraded in the new program (e.g. MR Gold -> MR Gold), but I am hoping that is not the case.
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Jul 11, 2018, 9:04 pm
#129
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You are. Linking and status matching can be only occurred with SPG.
1. You can't really match an airline status with a hotel status. So RewardsPlus is merely linking without status match.
2. You can status match from other programs. But your account will not be linked.
1. You can't really match an airline status with a hotel status. So RewardsPlus is merely linking without status match.
2. You can status match from other programs. But your account will not be linked.
Jul 11, 2018, 10:20 pm
#130
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It's pretty clear (to me) that Starwood Gold level is currently inferior to Marriott's Gold. So keeping them as MR Gold in August does make sense, and really no room for complaints. Starwood has excellent higher status levels than lowly Gold.
Jul 11, 2018, 10:23 pm
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Jul 11, 2018, 10:31 pm
#132
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I posted because many in this thread seem puzzled that SPG will "only be given MR Gold."
Jul 11, 2018, 10:37 pm
#133
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I got the Marriott Gold match through UA (and then the SPG Gold from that). I'm currently at 9 Marriott nights and 42 SPG nights in 2018. I assume that, come August, I am definitely Platinum Premier (both from being Marriott Gold and from having a combined 51 nights). And, I just keep that through 2019, no matter what happens with the UA matching, right?
I'm UA 1K, but I suspect that Platinum Premier would be the highest match, even if they do a tiered matching as some are suggesting; however, if 1K matches to higher (say, Platinum Elite), I'd get that even if I don't hit 75 nights. Right? I've got a few more stays in 2018, but unlikely to hit 75 nights.
I'm UA 1K, but I suspect that Platinum Premier would be the highest match, even if they do a tiered matching as some are suggesting; however, if 1K matches to higher (say, Platinum Elite), I'd get that even if I don't hit 75 nights. Right? I've got a few more stays in 2018, but unlikely to hit 75 nights.
Jul 11, 2018, 11:31 pm
#134
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I got the Marriott Gold match through UA (and then the SPG Gold from that). I'm currently at 9 Marriott nights and 42 SPG nights in 2018. I assume that, come August, I am definitely Platinum Premier (both from being Marriott Gold and from having a combined 51 nights). And, I just keep that through 2019, no matter what happens with the UA matching, right?
I'm UA 1K, but I suspect that Platinum Premier would be the highest match, even if they do a tiered matching as some are suggesting; however, if 1K matches to higher (say, Platinum Elite), I'd get that even if I don't hit 75 nights. Right? I've got a few more stays in 2018, but unlikely to hit 75 nights.
I'm UA 1K, but I suspect that Platinum Premier would be the highest match, even if they do a tiered matching as some are suggesting; however, if 1K matches to higher (say, Platinum Elite), I'd get that even if I don't hit 75 nights. Right? I've got a few more stays in 2018, but unlikely to hit 75 nights.
Platinum is 50 nights.
The merge takes place in August. So you'll have 51 nights in 2018. That makes you Platinum Marriott. If you were Marriott Platinum prior to August, then you'd be bumped to Platinum Premier.
Jul 11, 2018, 11:45 pm
#135
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With 52 nights and coming from Marriott Gold, I'll be the new Platinum Elite (both from the nights and from the old Marriott status) which I'll keep through 2019 no matter what happens with the UA matching. If I make to to 75 nights (or there is improved tiered matching from UA - which seems unlikely), I'd make it to Platinum Premier for 2019.