Marriott soft landings

[bungalow]

I will have renewed my Bonvoy Platinum by end of March this year, so for the first time am considering a push for Titanium. I’ve been more than happy with the Platinum benefits for 5 or 6 years now, so not really pushing Titanium for that, more so if I was to achieve it I could maybe back off a bit next year if the soft landing policy was extended and I was dropped to Platinum again in 27.
However I’ve never had any experience of this, can anyone tell me when during the year that Marriott usually announce that the soft landings will continue, and what do we think is the likelihood of the relaxed policy continuing?

[Pangolin]

It should continue to give soft landings but the policy is unofficial (as the Diamond status extension for renewing Ambassador was before they pulled it).
So pushing for Titanium might make sense if you get close enough (and you’ll get a 75% bonus plus UA Silver status).

Accor is the main programme I know that has an official soft landing policy.

[bungalow]

Thanks Pangolin, my main concern is that I push for this, then back off the earnings in 2026, only for late 26 Marriott announce they are pulling the soft landings and it’s too late for me to earn Platinum again !

I guess I was hoping someone may have more insight than me to help me weigh up the risk…

[Rob]

No-one at Marriott can even tell you for sure whether they will announce this in October 2026 ….

[bungalow]

Cheers Rob, would it normally be around October time when these announcements are made?
If so it might give me a chance to at least make a hole in the Platinum target during (if they run) the Double Nights promo again.