{"id":10020,"date":"2021-05-24T16:28:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:28:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=10020"},"modified":"2021-05-24T16:28:07","modified_gmt":"2021-05-24T15:28:07","slug":"marriott-status-challenge-offer-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/2021\/05\/24\/marriott-status-challenge-offer-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Marriott status challenge offer is back"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Historically Marriott has offered status challenge opportunities to its members as a way to achieve higher status faster. The route was shut after the SPG merger, and <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/2020\/08\/28\/instant-platinum-with-marriotts-new-status-challenge-programme\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a status match initiative<\/a> was alive for a short while as an alternative last year. It appears though, that the status challenge has finally made its way back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Marriott has an official service account on Wechat in China, which has shared the following information (HT @Invic)\uff1a<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/marriott-status-challenge-wechat.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/marriott-status-challenge-wechat-473x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10021\" width=\"237\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/marriott-status-challenge-wechat-473x1024.jpg 473w, https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/marriott-status-challenge-wechat-139x300.jpg 139w, https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/marriott-status-challenge-wechat.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 237px) 100vw, 237px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>To participate, you must call Marriott&#8217;s customer service to enrol. Upon registration, you have 90 days to complete the status challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The promotion started on May 18<\/li><li>You must have had at least one eligible stay with Marriott in the past<\/li><li>You need 8 qualifying nights within the 90 days to upgrade to <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-color\">Gold<\/span><\/strong>, or 16 nights for <strong><span class=\"has-inline-color has-cyan-bluish-gray-color\">Platinum<\/span><\/strong><\/li><li>Only paid nights count; Homes &amp; Villas and Marriott Executive Apartments are excluded<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that your status won&#8217;t be upgraded until you have completed the challenge, and if successful, it will be valid through February 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It usually requires 50 nights to achieve Marriott&#8217;s Platinum status, and 16 nights is a good discount. Considering the substantial benefits that come with it, don&#8217;t forget to sign up if you have upcoming stays with Marriott.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Historically Marriott has offered status challenge opportunities to its members as a way to achieve higher status faster. The route was shut after the SPG merger, and a status match initiative was alive for a short while as an alternative last year. It appears though, that the status challenge has finally made its way back. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/2021\/05\/24\/marriott-status-challenge-offer-is-back\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[117],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10024,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10020\/revisions\/10024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev-test.verylvke.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}