Comments on: A loyalty program innovation? Marriott tries “rollover” points

By: Scott

Scott — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:30:12 +0000

I was very hopeful that United would follow suit on this. And not just because I’d already have 2011 1k status wrapped up in addition to 2010. I am a self-employed technology consultant and I must take sabbatical to retool my skills every third or fourth year. Dropped all the way from Global Services to Premier during the last cycle. And sometimes good consulting gigs come up in my own home town – I jump all over those. United and other airlines would do well to accommodate folks such as myself. As it stands, the field is pretty wide open when I get back to traveling again (I always do) and next time I might just be making the jump to Delta on the strength of this new benefit alone…

By: Ben

Ben — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 17:13:56 +0000

At least for select elite customer also Starwood Preferred Guest currently has a promotion allowing participants to earn either double nights this year or transferring an identical number of nights as stayed most of the rest of 2009 as qualifying nights for 2010.

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By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:17:21 +0000

“It will allow extra 2009 miles to be rolled over towards qualifying in 2010. But no other carrier has followed it. Which is surprising, considering the airlines will match things like $10 holiday surcharges often within 24 hours.”

It is not suprising at all that other airlines have not copied this. This would mean lost revenue to them. But of course when something involves a surcharge, that’s money in the airline’s pockets.

By: Janice Hough

Janice Hough — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:48:19 +0000

Thanks Drew, I updated the post to include Delta’s offer.

By: Jeff Linder

Jeff Linder — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:43:23 +0000

One secondary thought on the Airline Miles though, there is a possible downside there. With more elite frequent fliers and presumably more with higher status, getting upgrades, etc will be even more difficult.

By: Jeff Linder

Jeff Linder — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:42:19 +0000

This program has already resulted in my booking 2 Marriott Branded hotels for upcoming trips, because I am in that silver-gold gap with 33 nights this year. Now I know I will be at least silver then AND am starting to work on gold for 2010 with at 23+ night head start…

I would love to see the same for miles, by end of year I will have about 10 ‘wasted’ segments on USAir, which would give me a nice start on 2011 status..

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:21:56 +0000

Delta is already advertising rollover miles… Anything above what you need for your tier this year gets rolled over to next year.