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Official changes to Marriott Rewards program effective 8/18/18

I never made lifetime anything. Now with 425 night and years at Gold because of MVC ownership I am now lifetime Gold. I have been upgraded to Platinum Elite so lifetime Gold doesn't really mean anything. I have no intentions of selling my MVC timeshares anytime soon so in another 175 nights and 2 or more years I will be lifetime Platinum Elite. It all comes with some nice perks for us including an upgrade to our United Mileageplus account.
 
thinze3 said:
From https://mrrewardsplus.com/FAQ.html



Am I missing something? I don't see that Platinum Elite qualify for Premier Silver.
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I found it under Platinum Elite Benefits. I clicked on my name at the top right of the screen. I then clicked on "Platinum Elite Benefits". At the bottom of that screen there is a list of benefits. Click on the tab / arrow for "Rewards Plus" near the bottom of the page.
 
Marriott is now starting to roll out the ability to merge your SPG and Marriott accounts. I found a link to do this when I logged in to marriott.com. (Click your name on the upper right of the screen. Now look at the bottom of the dropdown.) It merged both my elite nights and my points into one program.

I chose to keep my old Marriott account number largely because I've had it so long that it's easy to remember.

I merged both my account and then my wife's account. The process went smoothly. It merged both our elite nights and our points into the one program.

Now I have to hope that American Express gets this straight. Both my wife and I have old AmEx SPG credit cards. I want any newly earned points as well as any newly earned "free night certificates" to go into the correct account. So I did call AmEx (using the 800 number on the back of my SPG card). The rep told me that AmEx will be doing some sort of "system update" on Friday, Aug 24th in order to refresh the account number linked to the SPG card. We'll see....

Since I kept the old Marriott account numbers, this should not affect points posting from my Chase Marriott credit cards (I hope...).
 
Thank you GetawaysRus. I followed your instructions and my SPG points and nights transferred instantly into my Marriott account.
 
controller1 said:
Marriott sent emails to each Travel Package holder indicating no changes may be made from August 18 through September 18. After September 18 changes can be made.
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Great. Thank you.
 
SueDonJ said:
It's in the third linked thread in Post #1 above, "Marriott Rewards: Take Action ..." (read down to post #20 and beyond.)
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Thank you, Sue.
 
VacationForever said:
Is this official, select and executive get platinum, presential and chairman's club get platinum premier?
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Yes, mine shows Platinum Premier, just like they had told me it would before the merger.
 
A big oops...

I mentioned above that I combined my Marriott and SPG account earlier today. Points and elite nights combined correctly.

I just realized that a Starwood hotel reservation did NOT flow into my Marriott account. Gotta contact them about that. I don't want to show up at the hotel and learn that I don't have a reservation.

So this is another thing you need to look at carefully when you combine accounts.
 
Won't Marriott just combine them evetually?
 
Yes, I think (hope) so. I called Marriott reservations, and they in turn contacted SPG. I was told that my reservation is still valid, and that I should allow a few days and then sign on again.

But I still think it is a good idea for any other TUGgers who have pre-existing SPG reservations to make sure that their old reservations flow into their updated Marriott account.

I also suspect that I may get a new Marriott reservation number for this stay in place of the old SPG confirmation number.
 
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NJDave said:
I found it under Platinum Elite Benefits. I clicked on my name at the top right of the screen. I then clicked on "Platinum Elite Benefits". At the bottom of that screen there is a list of benefits. Click on the tab / arrow for "Rewards Plus" near the bottom of the page.
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Thanks. I found it on my Marriott App last evening. It shows my status and right beneath Platinum Elite you can click on "benefits".

It also shows "Your lifetime statistics". It says "Nights - 578" and "Years as Platinum - 9".

I've only had 2 years as platinum and the rest as Gold. They must be granting me platinum years for my MVC ownership.
 
Neither my Marriott account or my SPG account reflects the points I earned on my SPG Amex card for the last building period. Are other people having this issue? If not, who should I call? AMEX or SPG or Marriott?
 
Steve A said:
Neither my Marriott account or my SPG account reflects the points I earned on my SPG Amex card for the last building period. Are other people having this issue? If not, who should I call? AMEX or SPG or Marriott?
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I have this same issue on my AmEx SPG. However I saw a blurp yesterday in one of the screens that said something like your SPG points may not be updated but rest assured that we have them in our record and they will be updated.
 
With the Amex SPG offering 75K points being and open to Marriott Chase members only until August 26 as per the T&C, is it feasible to assume that one could merge their SPG and Marriott accounts, open this card in the next few days, and after spending $3000 in 3 months, have the 75k bonus points issued and applied to his lifetime status, under the old Marriott LT rules, before the end of the year?


https://www.americanexpress.com/us/...-preferred-credit-card/28009-10-0#offer-terms
 
I completed a 10-day stay at Sabal Palms in Orlando on Friday, August 10th. In the past I've been told "It may take up to ten days for the nights and points to post to your Marriott Rewards account." We're now at eleven days out and I am patiently waiting. Given all the turmoil with the big transition, I'm wondering what is a realistic wait time before I inquire about the missing stay. Any suggestions from TUGgers would be appreciated.
 
glarscast said:
I completed a 10-day stay at Sabal Palms in Orlando on Friday, August 10th. In the past I've been told "It may take up to ten days for the nights and points to post to your Marriott Rewards account." We're now at eleven days out and I am patiently waiting. Given all the turmoil with the big transition, I'm wondering what is a realistic wait time before I inquire about the missing stay. Any suggestions from TUGgers would be appreciated.
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Marriott allows you to report a missing stay request 10 days after the last night. Just go to your activity page in Marriott Rewards Account and you will find a box that allows you to do this.
 
Thanks BigMac. I've seen the button to push on the website and enter Missing Stay information, but I've been waiting to see if it just shows up after the merger. I may just wait until next week and start the process on Monday (Day 17 since checkout). That'll give Marriott-Starwood 7 more days. I'm sure that they are dealing with much bigger issues right now. Thanks for the input.
 
l0410z said:
I clicked on link and do not see an option or link to request the downgrade. After clicking on the original link, what did you click on next?
Thanks
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To submit a request, contact us at https://www.marriott.com/marriott/contact.mi
Select “packages – deals” from the drop down menu.
Enter your TP mapping refund request info in the comments section.
Click Submit
 
thinze3 said:
With the Amex SPG offering 75K points being and open to Marriott Chase members only until August 26 as per the T&C, is it feasible to assume that one could merge their SPG and Marriott accounts, open this card in the next few days, and after spending $3000 in 3 months, have the 75k bonus points issued and applied to his lifetime status, under the old Marriott LT rules, before the end of the year?

https://www.americanexpress.com/us/...-preferred-credit-card/28009-10-0#offer-terms
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I'm only guessing, but my guess would be yes. If you are close to a LT status level, this might put you over the top. I'd take the gamble if I were close to reaching a higher status level.

There is also a soon-to-be-announced AmEx Starwood Luxury credit card. We know that it will have a higher annual fee, and that AmEx may release it on Aug 23. I haven't seen any info on what the sign-up bonus offer might be, but the presumption is that it should be higher than the standard SPG AmEx card. Also no info on the minimum spending requirement.

And there is a limited time offer for 100K Marriott points for the AmEx SPG Business card. This requires $5000 in spending within the first 3 months.

Your window for opening new cards before the new AmEx-Chase credit card restrictions go into effect is only through August 25th. From what I have read, the rules of the game (who will be allowed to open a new credit card account) change on August 26.
 
If you combine your accounts now, do you lose out on the ability to earn LT status in one or the other prior to 12/31/18?
 
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