This benefit is subject to availability and doesn’t have a published time.

I’ll use the same valuation of $20 per night used in other hotel elite status guides.

It’s worth pointing out that this applies to almost all Marriott brands, except Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club, Aloft, Element and Vistana.

Given the assumed split above, you’d earn an average of 375 points (worth about $3) for each of your 15 stays.

This results in 5 additional points per dollar spent. Since we’re assuming 60 nights with an average rate of $150 per night, you’ll take home an extra 45,000 points, worth $380.

However, it does exclude Marriott Vacation Club, Marriott Grand Residence Club, participating Vistana properties, Aloft hotels and Element hotels.

We’ll bump the valuation slightly and value this at $35 a night for full-service stays and use a much lower $5 a night for limited-service properties.

For the legacy Marriott brands, if the lounge is closed or the property doesn’t have a lounge, you’re entitled to either breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant or 750 points.

At the time of writing, these brands make up roughly 25% of the program’s portfolio, so I’ll assume a value of $10 per night for 15 of the 60 nights.

Breakfast is included for everyone at certain brands, provided as a welcome gift for Platinum members at others and available through the lounge as a separate Platinum perk at still others.

For a full breakdown of these perks, check out this handy guide to Marriott breakfast benefits, and note that some amenities are up to the individual brands. However, I’ll peg this gift at $10 per night at full-service locations and, since brands like Fairfield and SpringHill Suites offer 500 points per stay, $4 per stay at limited-service properties.

  • Five Suite Night Awards.
  • Gift of Silver Elite status to a friend or family member.
  • A $100 gift to UNICEF.
  • 40% off the price of a Marriott-branded bed.

We recommend the Suite Night Awards, as you’ll be able to confirm a base-level suite up to five days before check-in — though it’s up to each property and isn’t guaranteed. I’ll peg these at $40 apiece.

Given my assumption of 90 nights with an average rate of $150 per night, that’ll give you an additional 101,250 points, worth $850.

I’ll follow the same valuations ($35 per night at full-service properties and $5 per night at limited-service hotels) with an extra $200 for the additional possibility of suites at Ritz-Carlton hotels.

You can have the same choices as previously noted, with two exceptions. You can gift Gold Elite status to a friend/family member instead of Silver. You also have the added option of one free night award (valid at properties costing up to 40,000 points).

We’ll stick with our valuation of $50 per night, for a $500 valuation when considering the Annual Choice Benefit earned at 50 nights.

We value this level at $495, though the true benefit depends on how frequently you travel on United. We assume conservative use and assign a value of $200.

Unfortunately, this was suspended when Marriott laid off its Ambassadors in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They have announced that dedicated Ambassadors will return in 2023, which could increase the value of this benefit once again. For now, we’ll take a conservative approach and value this benefit at $100.

That said, its flexibility is subject to availability, and many reports indicate that it’s hit or miss, so we’ll value it at $100.