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I am trying to understand the best plan to avoid missing out on any bonus points, I currently am Silver Elite but I have a 20 night stay coming up that will put me into the Gold Elite status (I think I’ll be on 42 nights all told).
Am I best to split my booking, 1 booking to take me to Gold Elite (say 26 nights in total) then book the remaining nights on a separate booking or will Marriott automatically recognise when I go into gold and add the bonus points?
Thanks in advance
You won’t move from silver to gold until after a final room bill has settled on your Bonvoy account – usually 2 days after you check out.
So splitting the stay should mean that by the time the second stay’s bill hits your account, the first bill has taken effect and brought you up to Gold.
For what it’s worth, Gold is not a status I would change my hotel choices to chase. Platinum is though. You say you think you’d be at 42 nights after this trip. I’d suggest plotting that out to be surer about where you stand. Then see if gaining the additional 8 nights to get to Platinum is do-able before 31/12/24
Have you looked at the bonvoy credit card? 15 elite night credits. Annual fee though.
https://www.headforpoints.com/category/spg-american-express-card/
Amex platinum get you gold straight away. Bigger annual fee but could keep for 1 month only.
I’d get the Bonvoy card if you don’t already have it.
If you already have 1 and looks like you’re already on 22 nights then I would do a 3 night stay before your 20 night stay and plan 5 more nights after as Platinum is really worth it (on shorter stays)
I don’t think splitting the stay works – the t&c’s indicate consecutive nights stayed regardless of member check-in check-out activity counts as one stay – I would go for the Bonvoy card as per TGLoyalty
Technically as OP only cares about nights and points earning it would. Stays only really matter for promotions.
The first stay would post and their status increase then they would get whatever is due as per status at the end, recalculating the whole 20 nights stay.
Why getting the Bonvoy card makes more sense. If they have 22 already and hit 37 with the card.
Splitting the stay into 13 and 7 would probably net them the platinum 50% bonus ilo 25% for gold for the whole stay.
Splitting will not work.
Unless you stay at another hotel for a night in between, splitting is useless.If you are due gold after the stay, your gold benefits will kick in after your stay.
Why wouldn’t it work?
They will post the first stay inc nights when OP checks out. Or do you think the hotel will merge the two regardless and not really check him out? You can ask them to do it just make up some excuse like that was personal this is for work etc
Nothing here says they want any in property Gold benefits either (not that there really are none)
I’d get the Bonvoy card if you don’t already have it.
If you already have 1 and looks like you’re already on 22 nights then I would do a 3 night stay before your 20 night stay and plan 5 more nights after as Platinum is really worth it (on shorter stays)
Thanks, I do think this is a good idea, frustrating to have just missed out on the last promotion (I think it was a welcome bonus of 60k).
In the end I’ve split the booking (actually changing hotels as it actually worked out better for me). I’ll report back.
@TGLoyalty, hotel systems are set up to check this splitting as it was misused in the past when people tried to game the number of stays. Many chains have now moved to number of nights, but still the systems can easily detect same member having a booking that starts on same date. To be fair that would be a simple code to write.
You can ask hotel to split and bill separately, but for Bonvoy loyalty purposes, it’ll always be one stay.
@TS77, changing hotels between bookings will work, but the system might not upgrade you to gold if you check back in within a day or two. You may get lucky.
If you have a 20 night stay coming up, then it might be worth just doing a platinum challenge.
Stay 16 nights within 90 days and you get platinum status for the rest of this year and the next…Skip gold completely!
If you have a 20 night stay coming up, then it might be worth just doing a platinum challenge.
Stay 16 nights within 90 days and you get platinum status for the rest of this year and the next…Skip gold completely!
Hi thanks for this, how would I register for this or is this automatic? Thanks in advance.
Platinum challenges are not advertised AFAIK. You can call and request it from Bonvoy customer service and it is supposed to be once a lifetime; lifetime being of varying length.
Platinum challenges for staff of large corporates is the norm though. Though AFAIK Marriott’s one has finished for the year.
@BBbetter stays means noting at Marriott apart from for some promos and as I said if it’s only about what you want at the end of the stay or more points it’ll be fine as it’s based on your status when you check out.
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