Easy Marriott elite status | Ep208 | 6-24-23
Frequent Miler on the Air
Frequent Miler
4.9 • 640 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2023
⏱️ 73 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
You can get Marriott Platinum status with as few as 10 nights actually spent in Marriott hotels per year with the right strategy. This week, Greg and Nick discuss easy paths to Marriott Platinum and Titanium status.
00:00 Intro
00:45 Giant Mailbag: The Bilt card's hidden bonus
03:28 Lessons learned from traveling as a group of 5
https://frequentmiler.com/points-for-family-travel/
12:46 Card Talk: Marriott Bonvoy Boundless card
https://frequentmiler.com/mrplus/
20:20 Award Talk: Booking an IHG free night with a certificate when there is no points availability
https://frequentmiler.com/reminder-ihg-free-night-certs-sometimes-work-when-points-dont/
24:35 Mattress Running the Numbers: New Hilton offers include a free night certificate for a limited time
https://frequentmiler.com/amxhilton/
https://frequentmiler.com/hilton-honors-american-express-surpass-card/
https://frequentmiler.com/amxhiltonbiz/
https://frequentmiler.com/amxhiltonaspire/
31:50 Main Event: Easy Marriott Elite Status
https://frequentmiler.com/which-marriott-elite-benefits-apply/
https://frequentmiler.com/marriott-bonvoy-choice-benefits/
https://frequentmiler.com/getting-the-elite-experience-without-elite-status-via-luxury-partner-programs/
1:03:06 Giant Mailbag: Can you cover travel insurance given your recent loss?
Music credit: Annie Yoder
Mentioned in this episode:
Check out all of our other travel podcasts from around the world
This podcast is part of Voyascape, a podcast network that brings together the world's best travel podcasts. You can find all of our podcasts from around the world at Voyascape.com. If you are interested in advertising or sponsored content on any of our shows you can find out more at the link below.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | This is a Voyescape podcast. |
| 0:03.9 | You can find all of our travel podcasts from around the world at voyescape.com. |
| 0:10.8 | Let's get into the giant mailbag. |
| 0:13.5 | What crazy thing did City this week? |
| 0:17.5 | It's time for mattress running the numbers. |
| 0:19.8 | Ready for the main event? |
| 0:21.0 | The main event. |
| 0:22.3 | Frequent Miler on the air starts now. |
| 0:26.5 | Today's main event, easy Marriott elite status. |
| 0:29.6 | Everybody wants to be elite. |
| 0:31.5 | But how do you get there? |
| 0:33.2 | And you don't have to do it the hard way. |
| 0:35.6 | So we're going to talk about easy ways of getting there. |
| 0:38.5 | And even if you're not a huge Marriott fan, I mean, marriots are everywhere. |
| 0:42.2 | So it's worth thinking about how to get treated like your elite when you stay at Marriott |
| 0:48.1 | properties. |
| 0:48.7 | Because sooner or later, you're probably going to be at least one or two of them, I think. |
| 0:53.4 | First, of course, we have the giant mail bag. |
| 0:56.2 | Today's giant mail comes from Andrea, and Andrea says, I love your podcast and look forward to |
| 1:02.8 | listening to it every week. On a recent podcast, you mentioned a downside with a built card that it |
| 1:07.8 | doesn't offer a sign-up bonus. However, it does. |
| 1:15.4 | Hidden within the new credit card paperwork you get in the sleek black box is a welcome offer of five X points per dollar spent, excluding rent payments on up to $10,000 of spending |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Frequent Miler, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Frequent Miler and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.