With Marriott Bonvoy, you can earn elite status based on how many elite qualifying nights you rack up in a year. Going back many years, you’d earn one elite night per night stayed at all brands, though over time, we’ve seen earnings rates change.
Specifically, Marriott is increasingly awarding only one elite night for every two nights stayed at limited service brands. The hotel group has actually just made a (sort of) positive update to that policy, so let’s cover the details.
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So that has meant that for most of these brands, a stay of one night didn’t earn any elite nights, a stay of two or three nights earned one elite night, a stay of four or five nights earned two elite nights, etc.
While some elite qualification is better than nothing, this policy was certainly frustrating, especially for one-night stays. So along those lines, there’s a positive update.
Marriott starts awarding half elite nights for stays
Marriott Bonvoy has just updated its terms & conditions, to make an update that people will appreciate:
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