Marriott and Japan Airlines Now Trade Status

Marriott Bonvoy and Japan Airlines just linked arms, and your status now pulls double duty. Connect the two accounts and each program starts rewarding the other.

Got Bonvoy status? You'll earn JAL FLY ON Points every year just for holding it: 5,000 at Silver, 10,000 at Gold, 20,000 at Platinum, 30,000 at Titanium, 40,000 at Ambassador. Titanium and Ambassador members can earn JAL Crystal status or higher based on their accumulated FLY ON Points. (Even a status-free Bonvoy member banks 2,000 a year.)

Fly JAL instead? Your Mileage Bank status buys Marriott status: Sapphire gets complimentary Silver, JGC Premier gets complimentary Gold, and Diamond gets Gold plus a first year path to Platinum by staying 10 nights within 6 months.

The fine print: link the accounts and register, your match is set by the tier you hold the day you register, and it's good for at least 12 months. No end date, it's an ongoing partnership, so no rush, but no reason to sit on it either.

Link up and let the two programs pay each other.