Marriott Titanium Elite Status: How Much Is It Worth?

Marriott Bonvoy elite status gives travellers a number of benefits when staying at a property that falls under the Marriott umbrella.

The most meaningful benefits begin at the Platinum Elite level, which we’ve recently valued in the region of $3,046 (CAD) ($2,288 USD).

But what about Titanium Elite, the next level further up? What are the incremental benefits of Titanium Elite status, and is it worthwhile to aim for Titanium once you’ve achieved Platinum?

In this article, let’s have a look at the incremental value of Titanium Elite status, and ascertain what kind of value we can place on earning Marriott’s second-highest published status level.

1. All the Benefits of Platinum Elite

To start off, as a Titanium member, you already enjoy all the benefits that are available to Platinums. Personally, I’d place the greatest value on the free breakfast and executive lounge access, while the suite upgrades and late check-out are nice to have as well.

Recall from our valuation methodology of Platinum Elite status that we assumed a prototypical traveller who stays 35 nights with Marriott a year, and earns the other 15 nights from a co-branded credit card.

If this traveller were to aim for Titanium Elite, they’d need to stay a total of 60 nights with Marriott a year. Therefore, when valuing the existing benefits of Platinum Elite status from the perspective of a Titanium Elite member who stays more frequently, we should scale up the previous valuation of $3,046 (CAD) / $2,288 (USD) by a factor of 60 / 35 = 1.71.

Valuation: $3,046 (CAD) / $2,288 (USD) × 1.71 = $5,221 (CAD) / $3,895 (USD)

Site note: Savvy Bonvoy members will know that it’s possible to earn up to 40 elite qualifying nights from co-branded credit cards by holding the Amex US Bonvoy Brilliant and the Amex US Bonvoy Business in combination with each other.

If this is your chosen pathway to Platinum or Titanium Elite status, you may choose to scale down your valuations given that you’d be staying 25 fewer nights per year than our prototypical traveller.) 

1. Annual Choice Benefit

Marriott Bonvoy members earn one Annual Choice Benefit upon reaching 50 elite qualifying nights per year (and thereby qualifying or re-qualifying for Platinum), and another Choice Benefit when reaching 75 elite qualifying nights (and thereby qualifying or re-qualifying for Titanium).

The choices available to newly-minted Titanium members…