Roundup Of The SPG/Marriott Lifetime Status Rules; Will You Be Able To Hit Lifetime Status This Year Before The Lifetime Program Is Devalued?

How can you tell how many years you have?

You going to mention the Marriott trick to increase lifetime points?

My issue is nights, not points. 450 nights and 1.62M with Marriott, and 160 nights with SPG. I don’t think I have enough SPG/Marriott Gold/Plat years for the concessions, so likely I will do 50 stays (or 5 meetings – heh!) in 2018 to get that Lifetime Platinum.

Should I move into a hotel to accomplish this? 🙂

@Dan
Sorry if this is off topic but it seems like theres an overflow scroll on mobile (to the right) on any inner pages of the site. Just wanted to let you know.

hi @dan. Can you please post the official link/source to the “concessions” you posted above? thanks!

Dan,

I am confused on the concession method to life time platinum. I have 268 Marriott nights and 234 SPG nights equaling 502 if combined. I also have 9 years platinum with SPG and 2 years with Marriott. Will that then qualify for lifetime platinum under the concession method for this year? I called Marriott to ask this question and they had no idea what I was talking about.

Thank you,

Rick

Hello Dan, I’ve been a reader of yours and a follower on Twitter for years, but I don’t think I’ve ever posted a comment. I just wanted to say that I think your summary of the MR grandfathering, concessions, and new qualification criteria going forward is the BEST I’ve seen since the announcements and updates have come out. (And by best I mean the most concise, accurate & understandable). I’ve read other bloggers posts and I’ve been searching Flyertalk threads where everyone is interpreting, speculating, questioning, and getting more confused. I wish you could post your summary on Flyertalk. Or better yet, maybe Marriott could hire you as a spokesperson to explain these changes to us all. LOL! A reader.

“All members who have 10 years of Marriott Gold, Marriott Platinum, or SPG Platinum status and 750 nights from both programs combined by 12/31/18 will get Lifetime Platinum Premier”

I have 754 nights at Marriott and have been Gold+ since 2005 but 600k points short on the “traditional” route for lifetime status, so this is great news! Just to confirm, with my above stats, I will have Lifetime Platinum Premier?

Marriott resorts opting out of free breakfast for Platinum members with zero compensation to me means staying 75 nights annually is worthless program.

whats going to happen to out old spy accounts comes august? are they going to deactivate them once all the points transfer to marmot?

Dan,

What about silver status on United. Will marriot platinum continue to be offered silver status on United?

Thanks for all your detailed information. Based on what you posted, it appears I will be lifetime gold by using the alternative method.

My question, under the new rules does lifetime gold have any value?

hey dan if i have 350 nights at Marriott and 150 spg with 1.6 mil Marriott points lifetime will i get lifetime platinum in the new program?

Dan,
When I call Marriott and Starwood to verify my elite years in each program I also ask them about the concession method you post above about only needing 500 nights plus 10 years elite this year only to qualify. Neither Starwood, Marriott, or Starwood Lurker knows what I am talking about. I get “no you need 600 nights”. How where you able to verify this and where can I find it? I have 8 years SPG platinum. 3 years gold, 1 year platinum Marriott, and will have over 75 nights this year when they count combined nights. For lifetime nights, when they combine I will be around 525.

Thank you,

As it stands now, i will qualify under the concession method for Lifetime Platinum Premier effective in January. If I get cute with moving some points around, I could qualify as of August – my question is if there is any advantage of trying to qualify in August over waiting until January? (I am also currently “earned” platinum in Marriott for 2018 if that makes a difference)

Dan I think there is one gap in your post. Don’t we have until 12/31/18 to get to the 750 nights in Marriotts program to get lifetime platinum premiere status regardless of whether you have had status for 10 combined years?

Heres my situation:

SPG:
LIFETIME NIGHTS
72
YEARS ELITE
5

Marriott:
Lifetime Status
Nights 165

Points 454,243

2018 Bonus Nights: Rewards Credit Card:15

To double check, I just called in and was told I don’t need any point requirements, so that’s good. True?

My understanding is that I only need another 13 Nights before the end of the year and I should be Lifetime Gold.
Sounds about right?
I am not sure if the 15 nights from this year posted yet, by phone they said it did, but it’s not in account activity.

Also, do third party stays (chase portal/Expedia) count for lifetime status nights?
Pretty sure my numbers are higher than would be without counting them.

ok- so with the announcement today, it appears this post may be wrong (I hope not!).

Dan, for lifetime PP you say that 10 years of Marriott Gold, Plat or SPG Plat (plus 750 nights) by 12/31 will qualify.

However I read on Marriott.com today that you must “ Achieve 750 nights & 10 years
Platinum Elite by 12/31/18“ for this — meaning, Marriott Gold won’t matter. Is this true? You can only use Plat status (in MR and SPG combined) for the 10 years requirement?

Does the old way of qualifiying for Lifetime Platinum (which rolls to Plat Premier in 2018) still work by 12/31/18 — 750 nights by combining Marriott and SPG activity? , I’m assuming yes because “And don’t forget that we’ll combine Lifetime activity across both Rewards and SPG toward qualification when members combine accounts in August.” https://members.marriott.com/benefits/

Help!

One more question on lifetime as we are 1 week away :
109 Lifetime SPG nights , 147 Lifetime Marriott nights and probably hit Marriott 165-170 by 12/31/18
Anything good coming my way for Lifetime?