How to earn: Stay at least 25 qualifying nights per calendar year. All of the benefits of Gold Elite status, plus 4 p.m. priority late checkout, and an in-hotel welcome gift of extra points, a breakfast offering at participating hotels or a welcome amenity. Kevin Berry works as an editor for the travel rewards team at NerdWallet and has traveled extensively for over a decade using points and miles. Members have even caught some properties playing games with this benefit and not delivering what they're supposed to provide. Your ultimate guide to Marriott hotel brands, Marriott Platinum Elite and Titanium Elite, 5 ways to get your hotel breakfast for free, hotel trying to skimp on breakfast benefits, Aloha to free: Where the Marriott Platinum Elite breakfast perk is done right, How to get some of the world's most expensive hotel buffet breakfasts for free, The Algonquin Hotel Times Square, Autograph Collection, The 11 hotel breakfasts we'd order for every meal if we could, Breakfast recently got better at 3,000 Marriott hotels in the US, Ritz-Carlton: The Marriott hotel brand where elite benefits don't really apply, Get free breakfast, upgrades and more with the Amex Fine Hotels and Resorts program, Free nights and easy status: Here's why I have 4 Marriott Bonvoy credit cards, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Our points-obsessed staff uses a plethora of credit cards on a daily basis. Related: Your ultimate guide to Marriott hotel brands. One extra perk of lifetime status: Your Bonvoy points will never expire. 4x points for purchases made at restaurants worldwide, at U.S. gas stations, on wireless telephone services purchased directly from U.S. service providers and on U.S. purchases for shipping. You could still pay for a breakfast there. If you complain to Marriott about this, Marriott will just say it's up to the hotels, what they want to Last happened at the Aloft Ontario-Rancho Cucamonga. Check here before booking an award fare. Their lounge staff were fantastic back before the change. He has spoken about travel rewards at CardCon, the Altitude conference and AwardWallet's "Award Travel 101" podcast. With Marriott I just expect a continental breakfast, and if I get more than that, I consider myself to be lucky. Gold Elite Exclusive Benefits 25 nights per year Spend more time doing what you love. Best benefits: All of the benefits of Gold Elite status, plus 4 p.m. priority late checkout, and an in-hotel welcome gift of extra points, a breakfast offering at participating hotels or a welcome amenity. The Marriott Bonvoy Boundless Credit Card allows you to earn Gold Elite status when you spend $35,000 on purchases each account year The Marriott Bonvoy Business American Express Card provides automatic Gold Elite status Platinum Elite status normally requires 50 nights, but there are a few ways to earn this status through credit cards: Certain hotels have resort fees. Marriott Bonvoy Gold vs. Platinum Elite Status
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