Originally Posted by Starwood Lurker

While we are clarifying this point, we might as well get to who a) applies to. It applies to members who do not have elite status such as Gold or Platinum.

As you all know, SPG soft-lands anyone who is elite, but does not retain it. So, a Platinum soft-lands to Gold and a Gold soft-lands to Preferred, Preferred Plus or Corporate, depending upon which status is most appropriate.

This means that a Platinum member could downgrade to Gold and then to Preferred, but the 12-month inactivity clock will not begin until they reach Preferred.

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William R. Sanders
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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

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