Marriott Bonvoy & Japan Airlines Launch Partnership, With Cool Status Match - Marriott

Marriott Bonvoy & Japan Airlines Launch Partnership, With Cool Status Match

Ben Schlappig — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 23:53:54 +0000

It’s common for airline and hotel loyalty programs to have partnerships, given that those who are frequent flyers are also often frequent hotel guests. In the case of Marriott Bonvoy, the program has close partnerships with programs like Emirates Skywards, Singapore KrisFlyer, and United MileagePlus.

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CPH-Flyer — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 09:52:09 +0000

JAL Group FOP

EE — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:34:57 +0000

You mean, credited as JAL Group FOP, or normal FOP?

Mike — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 06:07:43 +0000

Hating this hotel-airlines joint benefits promo as it's very obvious for hotels, this means an inflated number of elites (above those from credit cards, etc) which further dilutes the benefits one receives at the hotels - as in you other write up about hotels resorting to displaying the number of elites staying at check-in counters. Also hate the number of status matches that are ongoing from airlines - even with some side payments needed, diluting the status pool and leading to "if everyone is an elite, no one is an elite".. I hope that airlines and hotels will stop these so called "promotion".

A_Japanese — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 01:20:37 +0000

I can confirm that Fly On Point credited through this partnership is posted as JAL Group Fly On Point - so you can become up to JAL Sapphire without flying JAL if you have Titanium or Ambassador status with Marriott.

CPH-Flyer — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:05:07 +0000

@Ben, LY's comment is a red herring. You were correct in the post initially.

CPH-Flyer — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:04:12 +0000

They are being posted as JAL FOP. I am sure that will remain. While the wording from Marriott is not clear on that, there are plenty of cases reported already

1990 — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:03:39 +0000

I'm a huge fan of JAL (and ANA), so this is interesting. However..."So this is really only useful if you otherwise have travel planned on Japan Airlines." Yeah, so, to keep it, that'd be 'cash,' not points, for those flights you'd need to be planning to fly JL on. Unless you're based in Japan, a little harder to pull-off. Sorta related, with the BILT transfer bonus from earlier this year (March 1, 2026), a lot of folks pre-emptively transferred a boatload of points to JAL, thus leading to a lack of award availability, say, for long-haul in F or J to TYO, which is what folks really wanted. Just sayin', a bit too goo to be true lately with finding sweet spots on JL.

CPH-Flyer — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:02:09 +0000

15,000 is required to be JAL FOP and these are JAL FOP so you get instant Crystal if you are Titanium.

CPH-Flyer — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 16:01:10 +0000

That FAQ is unclear then. If you get 20,000 FOP from Marriott, that will credit as JAL Group FOP, then you still need another 5,000 JAL Group FOP to achieve Sapphire. You can then have another 30,000 that are all from partner airlines and not achieve Sapphire.