Marriott Plat Status for Matched UA Elites staring Aug 18,2018 until Jan 2019, after?
#196
Join Date: Mar 2010
Location: PIT
Programs: OZ Diamond, UA Gold
Posts: 9,915
Well, goodbye to Marriott in January. Probably will start AirBnB with MileagePlusX from now on.
#197
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,866
Changed from Gold to Platinum
Finally changed to Platinum. Last week in Nairobi they said thanks for being Platinum. Wasn't shure if that was an error.
#198
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: LAX
Programs: UA 1MM, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 6,758
Goodbye to Marriott for me too come January. Since they started the linkup with UA, they got a lot of hotel stays out of me that they wouldn’t have gotten otherwise. The new Marriott Gold is lame.
#199
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: Danville, CA, USA;
Programs: UA 1MM, WN CP, Marriott LT Plat, Hilton Gold, IC Plat
Posts: 15,720
Showing Plat for both Marriott and SPG!! ^
Too bad it won't last past January...
Too bad it won't last past January...
#200
Join Date: Jul 2012
Posts: 1,115
I expect to hear a lot more reactions like this, but in the end, this evolution is very similar to the airline market. With all the mergers that happened in the hotel world, your choices for point-earning hotel stays are basically reduced to a few very big chains, meaning you won't have much choice and because of this, the need to vie for your patronage will seriously decrease, which will be reflected in how you get rewarded. "I'll never stay with Marriott again" will mean nothing to them, as sooner or later you'll probably (have to) stay with them again anyway. Expect a lot more devaluations, maybe even a switch to revenue-based programs, if this is not more or less the case already with the elimination of the SPG stays qualifier. I think it is sad young people will soon grow up without being able to reap the benefits of loyalty programs like in the past. But then again, they will be Airbnb's best customers anyway.
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#201
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Haze gray and underway
Programs: UA 1K 2MM, HH Diamond, Marriott 'clink clink' Titanium
Posts: 1,784
It looks like the usual change over pains for me. The app shows me as silver elite with 859 nights lifetime I’m a UA 1K and have been Marriott gold since @1997 with 1274 lifetime nights. Not to worry someday soon(?) they’ll get their stuff all together. I don’t need to chase the status. I look at location, price, past stays, and towards the end of the year next status level. This year I’m Spire (last week) Diamond ( in two stays) and solidly Gold.
#202
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: SAN
Programs: 1K (since 2008), *G (since 1990), 1MM
Posts: 3,217
With the internet there are many options and young people are savvy enough to know that.
This change by Marriott will influence my decisions as it should everyone who got status with a United match.
#203
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Cleveland, OH
Programs: UA-GS 1MM), Hertz Pres Circle, Starriott Titanium)
Posts: 1,966
I'm confused. Should i be seeing my SPG and Marriot point balances merged into one? Or do I need to do anything in particular to make that happen?
#204
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: Hudson, OH
Programs: UA-MM; Hilton Lifetime Diamond, Marriott Gold
Posts: 1,350
We can call this new status "Silver-minus". You can keep the other benefits: priority security lane, Grp 2 boarding, etc.
#205
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,388
Marriott has been inundated with complaints about lounge crowding; they must have decided that this exacerbated their problems. If the crowding goes down now that people at the pmSPG Gold level no longer have lounge access, they might decide to reevaluate this partnership in the future.
It's no different than Hertz granting President's Circle status to Platinum/1K/GS (and Presidential Plus / Club Card) members. If you qualify for President's Circle on your own (20 rentals per year, or $4K total spend), you might be irked to see your preferred cars being driven by United members who rarely rent from Hertz, but that's the choice they made to try to drive more business.
#206
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,406
I always thought the Marriott/UA relationship was slanted heavily in favor of UA. Especially when, overall, hotel status is (imo) worth quite little, getting significant benefits while never staying regularly at Marriotts always seemed like a wonderful hand out. Especially compared to the basically useless Hertz PC status
#207
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: Austin, TX
Posts: 21,388
Hey, speak for yourself. I've gotten some pretty nice cars at ridiculously cheap rates when redeeming toward the Hertz 2,750 mile promo. I've gotten a Mercedes C-class convertible, a couple of different Infinitis, and a Cadillac. I've also gotten a Hyundai, so YMMV.
#208
FlyerTalk Evangelist
Join Date: Nov 2014
Location: MSP
Programs: DL PM, UA Gold, WN, Global Entry; +others wherever miles/points are found
Posts: 14,406
I think I saw an Audi once, but only noticed it after returning my actual car. But of course, ymmv
#209
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Denver, Colorado
Programs: IHG Spire, Hilton Honors Gold, Marriott Titanium, Mileage Plus Gold
Posts: 1,736
Yeah, only "upgrades" I see are large American sedans and SUVs. Twice the fuel bill and three times harder to park, all for basically nothing Half the time I just grab something small from the Gold Choice row to avoid my assigned car.
I think I saw an Audi once, but only noticed it after returning my actual car. But of course, ymmv
I think I saw an Audi once, but only noticed it after returning my actual car. But of course, ymmv
#210
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 2,866
Not Showing Platinum at check in in Sao Paulo
Showing only Gold at Sao Paulo check in.