Originally Posted by
hhoope01
Just note that Lifetime status won't kick in until after you have been in the program for 12 years. (You probably already knew this, but I wanted to let you know just in case.)
That means if you don't get the needed stays in a year, you probably won't keep your Plat status. (Yes, after your 12th year you will get it back when your LT status kicks in, but that is still 4 years or so into the future.)
Thanks; valid points. I've already factored that in.
I'm PP through Feb 2012.
I have 280 Elite nights this year (mostly rollover) so I'm assuming that I will maintain PP through Feb 2013.
That'd have me fall to Plat through Feb 2014.
I fall to Gold through Feb 2015 until LT status kicks in sometime in 2014.
I also have another 106K pts to accumulate but I figure that I can get those fairly easily. I'm keeping my MR Premier Visa as primary for a while and I can always buy 50K pts/yr at a cost of $625/yr ... not an option I'd execute. I'm more likely to just keep the MR Visa as my primary CC; that should net me enough points in the next 3 years to hit LT minimums.
Originally Posted by
pinniped
The Element I've stayed at (DFW) has a nice breakfast spread - complimentary. Clean, real dishes and utinsels, some healthy-ish options along with all of the usual offerings. They also put out some hot breakfast wraps - both meat and veggie versions.
As far as I know, this is the brand standard...
Aloft, however, gives you bupkis.
Awesome; thanks for the correction. I only did a cursory look at both.