Status Tiers in the Marriott Rewards program are earned in a number of different ways. Whatever status level you've earned as of 12/31/16 will remain in effect until 2/28/18 unless you attain a higher level in the interim.
- Based on the number of Elite Nights earned annually:
Silver = 10 Nights
Gold = 50 Nights
Platinum = 75 Nights
* There's also a
Platinum Premier status tier which consists of a certain percentage of the highest-earning Platinum members. The requirements change year-to-year and any benefits are unpublished. Marriott directly notifies all eligible members of this status.
- Beginning 2/15/17, (Marriott timeshare) DC Members with Chairman's Club or Presidential Owner status will be
Platinum Elite MR status, and, DC Members with Executive or Select Owner status will not be less than
Gold Elite MR status. As well, Starwood Preferred Guest Member status is matched when you link your SPG and MR accounts. See this TUG thread and various links within:
Marriott Rewards Elite Status now based on DC membership / effective 2/15/17
- MR status may also be granted by Marriott using the cumulative history of your account or other factors, and sometimes there's no rhyme or reason to it. For example, a
Silver with 45 Nights might be granted
Gold or a
Platinum who hasn't reached 75 Nights might have that
Platinum extended. If you're one of the "lucky" ones remember that it could be a double-edge sword because your Rollover Nights will be counted based on the status that's extended and not what's actually earned (e.g. If you've accumulated 45 Nights then your status should officially be
Silver with 35 Rollover Nights, but if Marriott grants you
Gold then no Nights will roll over because 45 is less than the 50
Gold requirement.)
- If you have not earned enough Nights to hold your last year's Status level and don't have enough activity for the scenario directly above, Marriott typically will drop you only one tier. For example, a
Platinum who has earned only 35 Nights will not be dropped all the way to
Silver but will instead be granted
Gold.
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Lifetime MR status is based on cumulative Nights and Points:
Lifetime Silver = 250 Nights and 1.2 million Points
Lifetime Gold = 500 Nights and 1.6 million Points
Lifetime Platinum = 750 Nights and 2 million Points
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Rollover Nights are all those accumulated in the current year above the amount required for your attained status tier. The equation to figure out how many Rollover Nights should be posted to your account when the year-end changeover is done, based on info in the "Nights Detail" box in your account, is:
"2016 Total" Nights Earned this Year
<less> "2015 rollover" Nights (from 2015 to 2016)
<less> Number of Nights required for Status held as of 12/31/16 (10 Silver, 50 Gold, 75 Plat)
<equals> Rollover Nights for 2016 into 2017
(Navigate to the "Nights Detail" box by signing in to your marriott.com account --> click on "My Account" at the top right --> click on "Account Overview" --> click on "Nights" to the right of your "Hello ____" greeting.)
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*See these pages on marriott.com:
Member Benefits At A Glance
Elite Rollover Nights
Lifetime Status
Expiration Guidelines *Note that effective 2/1/16 the expiration terms&conditions are being enforced.
*Year-end changeover and Rollover Nights accounting will take place during January but each may not take place on the same day - watch your accounts and feel free to give the rest of us a heads-up here if/when you're seeing changes. During the past few years there have been incorrect Status and/or Rollover Nights notifications generated by preliminary changeovers, so
it's a good idea to take a screen shot or printout of your "Account Activity" and "Nights Detail" account information on Dec 31st, just in case.
