In our post on potential opportunities due to the Marriott/SPG merger we discussed possibly of getting Platinum status after the merger “If you currently have gold status with Marriott, you will receive Platinum elite status in August. If you currently have SPG Gold status you will receive Marriott Gold status in August. The thing is that if you’re currently SPG gold and you link your accounts you’ll automatically receive Marriott gold status and that should convert to Platinum status come August.”
I was weary on this based on the fact that a Marriott senior vice president had stated: ““… For members who have matched, they will be getting then the Gold Status, which is really more equivalent to the SPG Gold …”. It looks like we now have confirmation this won’t work as Marriott has sent out an e-mail about status stating:
Elite tier will be based on the status earned, not status granted via linking and status matching
