Mastercard offering instant MyMillennium Silver or Prestige elite status

Mastercard customers enjoy elite status with numerous hotel chains such as CentaraThe1, GHA DISCOVERY, IPrefer, and Wyndham Rewards. While these aren’t necessarily the biggest or the most well-known loyalty programmes, it’s still better to have some status than none at all! 

Mastercard has now unveiled a new partnership with MyMillennium, the loyalty programme of Millennium Hotels and Resorts, with World and World Elite Mastercard customers getting upgraded from Classic to Silver and Prestige respectively, 

Wait a minute, you say. I thought MyMillennium only had two tiers? Well yes- it did. MyMillennium is the epitome of loyalty programme dysfunction, going from three tiers to a single tier to two tiers and then back to three tiers, all in the space of five years!

MyMillennium fast-track for Mastercard customers

Offer Details

From 1 November 2024 to 31 October 2026, Mastercard cardholders can enjoy a complimentary fast-track to MyMillennium elite status, bypassing the usual qualification requirements. 

• World Elite Mastercard: Prestige
• World Mastercard: Silver

Eligible cardmembers can submit one upgrade application throughout the entire promotion period. If the offer is subsequently extended beyond 31 October 2026, they may apply again, provided it has been at least 12 months since their upgraded status expired. 

As a reminder, the following Mastercards belong to the World Elite tier.

Card	Annual Fee	Qualification Req.
Citi Prestige	S$545	Income ≥ S$120K
Citi Private Client Debit Card	N/A	Min. AUM S$1.5M
Citi ULTIMA	S$4,238	Income ≥ S$500K
DCS Imperium	S$3,584	Unknown
HSBC Premier Mastercard	S$490.50*	Min. AUM S$200K
OCBC Premier World Elite Debit Card	N/A	Min. AUM S$200K
UOB Lady’s Solitaire Metal Card	S$599	Spend S$45K in 3-month period on UOB Lady’s Solitaire Card
*Waived so long as HSBC Premier status maintained (min. AUM: S$200,000)

How do you register?

1. Create a MyMillennium membership account, which can be done via this link.
2. Login to the Mastercard Redemption Portal to obtain your registration code. This can be found on the home page after logging in. Click on the Get Code button to generate your unique registration code (if you have multiple Mastercards linked to the redemption portal, be sure to select the highest tier one before generating your code!)

3. Send an email to MyMillennium using the same email address as your membership, providing your account number, first and last name, and registration code

Upgrades will be processed within 14 working days. 

How long is status valid for?

Once your account is upgraded, status is valid for a 12-month period. 

To retain your status beyond this period, you’ll need to meet the regular requalification criteria, namely:

• Silver: 10 nights stayed or US$625 F&B spend per year
• Prestige: 20 nights stayed or US$1,250 F&B spend per year

What perks do members enjoy?

Here’s a summary of the perks enjoyed by the various tiers of MyMillennium, including the free-to-join Classic tier.

The main benefit of Silver status is early check-in/late check-out, though it’s only offered for up to two hours before/after standard check-in/check-out times, and are subject to availability.

Guaranteed club lounge access for Prestige members is welcome, but the room upgrades are subject to availability, and capped at a club room. Suites are explicitly excluded from the upgrade pool.

Complimentary breakfast is not a perk of any tier, though you might be able to enjoy that if you’re a Prestige member staying at a hotel with a club lounge. 

Given the relatively small footprint of Millennium Hotels and Resorts, the elite benefits do feel very underpowered. You’d think that loyalty programmes for smaller chains would need to try harder in order to pull customers away from the big boys like Marriott or Hilton.

World of Hyatt is a great example of a smaller programme punching above its weight. MyMillennium, on the other hand, just feels superfluous. It feels like the kind of chain that might have been better off joining a programme like GHA DISCOVERY instead of trying to run their own programme.

What other hotel status do Mastercard customers enjoy?

Mastercard has been busy striking deals with smaller hotel loyalty programmes, and cardholders can enjoy fast-tracks to elite status with seven programmes in total.

Like I said, these aren’t necessarily the largest loyalty chains out there- I know I’d rather have Hilton Gold status than Swiss Belexecutive “Gold Influencer”, whatever that is .

But still, if your travel plans bring you to one of these hotels, then I’m sure you’d rather have some status than none at all.

Conclusion

Mastercard customers can now receive an instant upgrade to MyMillennium Silver or Prestige status, bypassing the usual stay or spending requirement.

I don’t think much of the MyMillennium programme to be frank, which has a habit of relaunching itself every couple of years. The lack of stability makes it hard to commit to stay, because your hard work could be easily undone the following year by yet another revamp.