Earn rates are subject to member's
tier status at time of travel.
We didn't even have top
tier status at the time!
Should I stick to top
tier status at two hotel chains?
And who wouldn't want to have top -
tier status at a hotel without worrying about qualifying nights or minimum spend?
Not exact matches
The Arsenal boss also moved to talk about the importance of changing manager
at crucial points in the season due to the gap in income between the Premier League and lower divisions, citing Sam Allardyce as a trusted option in securing a club's
status in England's top
tier.
While they lurch
at the wrong end of the Championship, facing up to a dogfight in terms of their second
tier status, the jet - heeled youngster is showing flashes of star potential as an offensive player.
Students
at top -
tier colleges are less likely than their peers
at other colleges to go into education; high - achieving college graduates are less likely to go into teaching; and those who do become teachers are less likely to stay in the profession long term.45 In recent polling, high - achieving Millennials revealed much of the thinking that goes into this drop - off: They reported that they do not believe teaching is a good career option for high - achieving students, and they feel that the
status of the teaching profession is in decline.46
«There are less manufacturers here perhaps, but the public reaction will keep this show
at the top of the agenda,» he says, dismissing suggestions that the increasing number of absent exhibitors put its top
tier status under threat.»
Earn Total Rewards
Tier Credits and Reward Credits for any online play, giving you the chance to increase your
status and receive comps that can be used
at any Total Rewards casinos around the world.
The next
tier status, Platinum Elite Status, can be obtained by spending at least $ 75,000 annually with the hotel credit
status, Platinum Elite
Status, can be obtained by spending at least $ 75,000 annually with the hotel credit
Status, can be obtained by spending
at least $ 75,000 annually with the hotel credit card.
One must spend nights
at hotels to move up the ranks of this
tier system; for instance, 25 nights
at a participating hotel awards the
status of SPG ® Elite while 50 nights awards the SPG ® Platinum
status.
You maintain your Preferred Rewards
status if you have an active, eligible Bank of America ® personal checking account and maintain a 3 - month average combined balance in your qualifying Bank of America deposit accounts and / or your qualifying Merrill Edge ® and Merrill Lynch ® investment accounts of
at least $ 20,000 for the Gold
tier, $ 50,000 for the Platinum
tier or $ 100,000 for the Platinum Honors
tier.
At the end of the calendar year, elite members can roll over any qualifying nights in excess of the number required to gain elite
tier status: • Nights 11 - 39 for Silver members • Nights 41 - 59 for Gold members • Nights 61 + for Diamond members
Elite Rollover Nights are calculated as follows to apply to the next qualifying
status year: Total qualifying nights
at year end (inclusive of rollover from prior year)-- any elite rollover nights from the previous year (now expired)-- qualifying nights needed to renew your current elite
status tier = elite rollover nights for next year
Members in all elite
tiers (Silver, Gold and Diamond Members) are eligible to rollover any qualifying nights in excess of those required to qualify for their elite
status level
at the end of the calendar year (December 31st).
Earn Gold
status — Make
at least $ 20k in purchases to reach this
tier and take advantage of the Gold
status benefits.
To earn
status, starting with the lowest
tier (silver) you need to fly
at least 25,000 miles (MQMs) or 30 flight segments a year, AND spend
at least $ 3,000 excluding taxes and fees (Medallion Qualifying Dollars, or MQDs).
The same
status levels also yield 100
Tier Credits per stay
at SPG properties, up to 2,500 per year.
You could toil away
at the slot machines or poker table and hope to earn the lowest
tier — Pearl — or you could match your Hyatt Platinum
status and jump straight to Gold with no effort.
Recent changes to the program include the ability to count redemption nights toward elite
status qualification and new welcome gifts (points or food and beverage items)
at most hotels in the U.S. for top
tier members.
Dealing with their seemingly strategic carving up of room categories to thwart desirable redemptions, inconsistent
status recognition in their hotels, and almost comical service gaffes on stays
at some of their top
tier hotels left me feeling that they wouldn't need such a generous loyalty program if they just ran a better operation.
The
status tiers are Red (automatic), Silver (starts
at 20,000 points), and Gold (starts
at 50,000 points).
Minimum spend requirements for elite
status were implemented last year, but in 2015 they have increased 20 %, starting
at $ 3,000 for basic silver
status and going as high as $ 15,000 for the top
tier; these rules are in addition to flying a certain number of miles.
Earn Gold
status — Make
at least $ 20k in purchases to reach this
tier and take advantage of the Gold
status benefits.
Executive Platinum is the only American Airlines
status that gives fee waivers on same - day flight changes and award ticket changes, which is a courtesy commonly seen
at much lower
tier status among competitors.
At a valuation of.4 cents per point, this amounts to an 8 % return which isn't very compelling for a top -
tier status compared with other hotel loyalty programs.
We'll also take a look
at earning top -
tier Diamond
status through spend as well.
Here are my benefits from doing that: 2 free nights as the sign - up bonus (which I used
at this hotel by the way), top -
tier Diamond
status for hitting $ 40K spend, 120K Hilton points since each dollar spent earns a minimum of 3 points ($ 40K x 3 points / $ = 120K points), and another free night on my anniversary for hitting the $ 10K spending threshold.
The MilleMiglia program has 3 levels for annual elite
status qualification (there is also a 4th level for those that have achieved top
tier status for
at least 10 consecutive years, but this is not relevant to our discussion of reciprocal benefits).
That means you're roughly 20 % of the way toward top -
tier Platinum
status (including complimentary suite upgrades and breakfast) without staying
at a single hotel!
Without any specific guidelines published from Hilton
at this point, one can only assume any true top -
tier status will be matched to Hilton HHonors Diamond.
Aside from earning you some bonus Honors points I can't see why anyone would really care about how many nights they rack up with Hilton when top -
tier status can be had for less than the cost of a night
at some properties.
A Hyatt Credit Cardmember may earn Explorist or Globalist
status in the World of Hyatt program through February 2019 by completing a specified number of
Tier - Qualifying Nights (as defined in the World of Hyatt program terms, available
at worldofhyatt.com/terms)
at any participating Hyatt hotel or resort worldwide.
Sadly this will come too late for me as I'll be loosing my Diamond
status at the end of February but, now that Hyatt is upping the number of nights needed to qualify for top -
tier status, this new property could come in very useful for anyone chasing
status next year.
Members in all elite
tiers (Silver, Gold and Diamond Members) are eligible to rollover any qualifying nights in excess of those required to qualify for their elite
status level
at the end of the calendar year (December 31st).
Termination of
Tier One
Status A business's participation in the Program will automatically terminate upon the termination of its last American Express U.S. Business Charge Card or Corporate Card account, or
at the end of the Program Year if the business is not selected for the Program for the following Program Year in accordance with these Program Terms.
Elite Rollover Nights are calculated as follows to apply to the next qualifying
status year: Total qualifying nights
at year end (inclusive of rollover from prior year)-- any elite rollover nights from the previous year (now expired)-- qualifying nights needed to renew your current elite
status tier = elite rollover nights for next year
The best part though, is there is an elite
status tier at the alliance level which equates to your elite
status at the airline level.
Stays booked via «opaque» channels where the brand is unknown
at the time of purchase are not Eligible Stays for the purpose of earning points, or stay credit toward Elite
tier status, or the receipt of Elite
tier benefits such as upgraded accommodations / amenities or access to health clubs.
... and the higher the
tier, the more Avios you get from your flights: Right now there doesn't appear to be any information on how flyers can attain those
tiers but we do know that flyers
at the Concierge level will be given 4 free upgrades per year, free WiFi on international flights and will be able to give AerClub Silver
status to their partner.
Putting $ 25,000 of spend on a credit card takes very little effort
at all and top -
tier status should be earned with effort.
Without a staying a single night
at a Hilton hotel, you can earn top -
tier status just through credit card use.
With SPG you can earn top -
tier status with as few as 25 nights
at Starwood properties while you need 3 - times as many nights to earn top -
tier status with Marriott.
You can now earn both Hyatt Gold Passport points and
status at the same time that you accumulate M life
tier credits
at participating MGM Resorts in Las Vegas.
As things stand the Hyatt Gold Passport program is very lopsided in that all the worthwhile benefits are to be found in the top -
tier of the program (Diamond
status) while the middle
tier (Platinum
status) doesn't really offer very much of interest
at all — that's probably why it's given away with the Chase Hyatt credit card and why it's currently achievable in 5 nights.
There's been a lot of gnashing of teeth and general dissatisfaction expressed
at the thought of Marriott taking over Starwood and most of the displeasure is being voiced by those who have Starwood Preferred Guest (SPG)
status (generally those with top -
tier, Platinum,
status).
Reaching 5,000
Tier Points: Concorde Room access
at London Heathrow Terminal 5 and New York JFK Terminal 7, plus gift 1 Gold and 2 Silver
status to others
Qualifying Nights or Qualifying Stays are for the sole purpose of determining
tier status and such criteria may be changed from time to time
at the sole and absolute discretion of The Company.
Not only was that my first stay
at the Andaz WeHo but it was also my first stay
at a Hyatt property after I was lucky enough to get matched to their top -
tier Diamond
status.
I'm not looking
at tier status any longer with an airline, it works out better over time to simply look for a good combination of flight convenience and price.