Very interesting read. I've tried looking for this so sorry if it's been covered somewhere.

I'm in my first year of joining PC and have joined the ambassador program early July. Now I've got 36 qualifying nights of which 20 are after joining the ambassador program. Based on people's experience, is it the qualifying nights after joining the ambassador program that they count, or would it be the 12 months period? All my stays except for 6 nights are from IC, and I'll be staying at 2 other ICs by the end of the month. Would be nice to get RA whilst I continue to live out of IC and would like to know my chances.