Marriott Bonvoy & MGM Rewards Partnership, Elite Perks

In early 2024, Marriott and MGM launched a close partnership, with reciprocal opportunities to earn and redeem points, and take advantage of elite perks. The elite perks offered with this partnership have just been updated for 2025, so let’s cover all the details of the partnership.

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MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy collaboration basics

Marriott and MGM are in an exclusive long-term strategic licensing agreement, branded as MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy. This encompasses 17 properties and over 40,000 guest rooms across the United States, in Las Vegas and beyond.

Of the 17 MGM properties that are part of the MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy, five properties are directly affiliated with Marriott collection brands:

On top of that, seven MGM resorts in Las Vegas belong to MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy:

Lastly, five other MGM properties in the United States belong to MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy:

These properties are all bookable through Marriott channels. As I’ll explain in more detail below, you need to book directly through Marriott in order to earn and redeem points at these properties.

ARIA Las Vegas belongs to Marriott Autograph Collection

Marriott Bonvoy & MGM Rewards reciprocal elite perks

A key part of this agreement involves offering reciprocal benefits to the more than 200 million members of Marriott Bonvoy and more than 40 million members of MGM Rewards. This includes reciprocal elite recognition, reciprocal points earning and redemption opportunities, plus points transfers between programs.

Let me note that for Marriott Bonvoy members, you’re only able to earn or redeem points, or take advantage of elite benefits, if you book directly through Marriott. So booking through MGM directly would mean you’re not eligible for any perks or points. This is a major restriction that’s quite disappointing, since in many cases you’ll find cheaper rates directly with MGM.

Let’s start by looking at what elite members in Marriott Bonvoy can expect, from the lowest elite tier, to the highest.

Marriott Silver Elite members receive the following at MGM properties:

10% Marriott Bonvoy® bonus points on qualifying charges

Marriott Gold Elite members receive the following at MGM properties:

25% Marriott Bonvoy® bonus points on qualifying charges
Welcome gift of 500 Marriott Bonvoy® points per stay

Marriott Platinum Elite members receive the following at MGM properties:

50% Marriott Bonvoy® bonus points on qualifying charges
Welcome gift of 1,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points per stay or $20 food & beverage credit per night of stay (the credit is $30 at the W Las Vegas)
Enhanced room upgrades, based upon availability  
Complimentary 2PM late checkout, subject to availability
Priority check-in

 Marriott Titanium Elite members receive the following at MGM properties:

75% Marriott Bonvoy® bonus points on qualifying charges
Welcome gift of 1,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points per stay or $20 food & beverage credit per night of stay (the credit is $30 at the W Las Vegas)
Enhanced room upgrades, based upon availability  
Complimentary 2PM late checkout, subject to availability
Priority check-in 
Discounts to select shows at MGM Resorts Destinations, subject to availability

 Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador Elite members receive the following at MGM properties:

75% Marriott Bonvoy® bonus points on qualifying charges
Welcome gift of 1,000 Marriott Bonvoy® points per stay or $20 food & beverage credit per night of stay (the credit is $30 at the W Las Vegas)
Enhanced room upgrades, based upon availability
Waived resort fee
One suite upgrade at a Las Vegas Hotel per year, up to three-night stay
Complimentary 1PM early check-in and 4PM late checkout, subject to availability
Complimentary self-parking
Expedited valet and taxi service
Priority access on check-in, dining, shows, entertainment venues, pool cabanas, spa, and salon services
VIP check-in lounge access at W Las Vegas
VIP line access to select nightclubs in Las Vegas
Guaranteed hotel reservations within 24 hours
Fine dining priority reservations
Dedicated lines at participating restaurants, buffet, cashiers cage
15% retail discounts at participating shops
Discounts to select shows at MGM Resorts Destinations, subject to availability

Those who are MGM Rewards members are also able to link accounts to receive exclusive benefits at Marriott Bonvoy properties:

MGM Rewards Pearl members receive Marriott Silver Elite
MGM Rewards Gold members receive Marriott Gold Elite
MGM Rewards Platinum members receive Marriott Gold Elite
MGM Rewards Noir members receive Marriott Bonvoy Ambassador Elite

Bellagio Las Vegas belongs to Marriott Luxury Collection

Booking MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy properties

How does booking MGM properties through Marriott work in practice? The good news is that the standard rate you’ll find on Marriott’s website matches the standard rate you’ll usually find on MGM’s website. The bad news is that MGM almost always has special discounted rates for its own members, offering up to 15% off. Those are just bookable on MGM’s website, and not on Marriott’s website.

In other words, as a savvy consumer, you’ll almost always be paying a premium for booking through Marriott rather than through MGM.

MGM property cash rates on Marriott’s website

When it comes to redeeming Marriott Bonvoy® points at MGM properties, definitely manage your expectations. Keep in mind that Marriott doesn’t waive resort or destination fees on free night awards, and that makes up a significant portion of room rates in Las Vegas.

The redemption value isn’t a set amount per point compared to the cash rate, as there is some variability. However, one thing is consistent — the value isn’t very good. It seems that most redemptions are in the range of 0.5-0.7 cents per point, so that’s not exactly a very enticing redemption.

MGM property points rates on Marriott’s website

My take on the Marriott & MGM partnership

For roughly a decade, World of Hyatt and MGM Rewards had a loyalty collaboration, but that was discontinued ahead of the Marriott Bonvoy and MGM Rewards partnership launching.

Clearly MGM dumped Hyatt in favor of Marriott. I assume MGM and Hyatt had a 10-year partnership, and MGM decided that Marriott was a better fit. While World of Hyatt is more rewarding than Marriott Bonvoy (in many ways), there’s no denying that Marriott Bonvoy has a lot more distribution power.

I’d say there are both pros and cons to this partnership, in comparison to the one that previously existed with Hyatt. On the plus side:

It’s cool that additional MGM properties in Las Vegas have outright joined Marriott Bonvoy’s portfolio, which offers more perks to travelers; this is better than just a loyalty collaboration
Marriott Bonvoy does have a much bigger membership base than World of Hyatt, so a lot more people will likely benefit from this
It’s cool that MGM properties outside of Las Vegas are also participating in this partnership, while the Hyatt and MGM collaboration was limited to Las Vegas

Unfortunately the execution of this partnership is sort of underwhelming, in comparison to the previous Hyatt partnership:

Stays at MGM properties only qualify for Marriott Bonvoy if they’re booked directly through Marriott; rates are almost always lower through MGM, so you can expect that you’re essentially paying a premium to get your Marriott Bonvoy perks
There’s no tier matching from Marriott Bonvoy to MGM Rewards, but rather you just directly get select perks; this also means that you don’t get waived resort fees, unless you’re an Ambassador Elite

So the benefits of this are way worse than with World of Hyatt, but it’s still better than nothing.

Beau Rivage Biloxi belongs to MGM Collection with Marriott Bonvoy

Bottom line

Marriott and MGM have a partnership, whereby 17 different MGM properties are bookable through Marriott channels, and five properties have even been integrated into existing Marriott brands, including Luxury Collection, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, and W.

The elite perks for this partnership have been slightly updated for 2025, though not a lot has actually changed. While I don’t love the need to book directly with Marriott, I do like how several properties have directly joined Marriott brands.

What do you make of the Marriott & MGM collaboration?

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