Marriott Bonvoy Elite Status: Guide to Qualifying & Privileges

Marriott Bonvoy is one of the most popular hotel loyalty programs in the world. As travellers rack up stays throughout the year, they’ll progress through various elite status tiers with the hotel chain.

Of the five elite status tiers, the most meaningful benefits come at the Platinum and Titanium tiers. Luckily, there are many ways to attain status without just fulfilling the regular requirements.

In this article, we’ll take a thorough look at Marriott Bonvoy Elite status, including how to qualify and how to maximize the benefits at each tier.

How Does Marriott Bonvoy Elite Status Work?

The basic qualifying requirements for Marriott’s elite status levels are summarized in the below table:

Status levels are granted based on how many nights you stay during a calendar year. Unlike other loyalty programs, there’s no separate qualification criteria for “stays” vs. nights.

Note that stays booked with third-party providers don’t usually count towards elite qualifying nights. Therefore, be sure to book directly with Marriott to ensure you are credited for the nights from your stay.

Once you earn a certain status level, it will be valid until the February two years later. Essentially, the status begins when you earn the required number of nights during a calendar year, and is valid until 14 months after the end of that calendar year.

Suppose you have a busy travel period in January 2023 and earn Gold Elite status in the first month of the year. That status would be valid for the rest of 2023, through all of 2024, until February 2025.

If you were to keep staying with Marriott throughout the year, eventually achieving Platinum Elite status in November 2023, then your Platinum status would be valid until February 2025 as well.

And once January 2024 rolls around, a new qualification period has started, meaning that you’d need to achieve 50 nights in 2024 to renew your Platinum status for the subsequent year. Doing so would extend your status validity until February 2026, and so on.

Silver Elite: 10 Nights

Silver Elite is Marriott’s lowest tier of elite status, unlocked…