Status Match Marriott, everything you need to know

Marriott Bonvoy has launched a Status Match offer a few months ago., thanks to this opportunity customers of other hotel chains can obtain a homologous status in the Marriott loyalty program and, keep it until 2022, taking advantage of a simplified path.

Why ask for status match

There can be two main reasons for this: you are planning a series of stays at one or more properties belonging to the Marriott family in the near future and you want to have more benefits, even though you know you will not complete the challenge because, once the requirement has passed, you will no longer need the status. Or you think you will make several stays at the chain's hotels during 2021, and then you want to enjoy the benefits offered to elite customers for a long time.

How the status challenge works

It is an offer, as stated on the website, that could disappear at any moment since No date is specified by which you will need to register.

The requirements are simple:

• You must be enrolled in the Bonvoy program
• You must hold status in at least one of the Accor ALL, Hilton Honors, IHG Rewards Club, World of Hyatt programs
• You must be able to prove that you have stayed at least one night in one of these hotel chains.

What statuses are worth and what statuses are obtained

For the Accor Live Limitless program:

• Gold users will be able to apply for the challenge to get the Gold level in the Bonvoy program
• Platinum and Diamond users will be able to apply for the challenge to achieve the Platinum level in the Bonvoy program

For the program Hilton Honors:

• If you are Gold or Diamond you can apply for the challenge to get the Platinum level in the Bonvoy program

For the IHG Rewards Club program:

• If you are Platinum or Spire you can apply for the challenge to get the Platinum level in the Bonvoy program

For the program World of Hyatt:

• Explorist users will be able to apply for the challenge to achieve the Gold level in the Bonvoy program
• Globalist users will be able to apply for the challenge to achieve the Platinum level in the Bonvoy program

What you need to do to win the challenge

Once your application is accepted (it normally takes less than a dozen days), you will be granted the required status immediately, and from that point you will have 90 days to complete the challenge.

• To maintain the level Gold will need to spend at least 5 nights within 90 days
• To maintain the level Platinum will need to spend at least 15 nights within 90 days

It normally takes 25 nights, over the course of a year, to achieve the Gold level and 50 nights for the Platinum level.

If you own of American Express Platinum you already have both Hilton and Marriott Gold levels by right, this opportunity then could be used to make the jump from Gold to Platinum in Bonvoy and further maximize the benefits associated with your credit card.

In conclusion

Platinum users have many more benefits than Gold users. Such as the 50% of extra bonus points per stay, free access to lounges in the hotel, late checkout at 4 p.m. and many other small benefits that can save tens of euros per stay. The promotion is definitely attractive if you plan to reach Platinum status.

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