Originally Posted by
mikelat
Looks like it's Marriott for me. I already have 40k MR points so this will just add on.
As for the 8 nights mention above, I am not looking at nights but stays as the MR Plat Challenge appears to be 9 stays within 90 days. I'll have that easily and with the fronting of Plat (if it happens) I should enjoy all my early trips as well as plenty upcoming.
I was Marriot Gold for CY '11 and enjoyed the lounges and access for my trips. In '12 they soft-landed me to Silver. I do hope that they'll allow a challenge to Plat staring on Dec 30th. They also did have easy & reasonably priced availability for the locations I was visiting. Now it all comes down to the Challenge.
The challenge is based on days, not stays, 12 days for gold, 18 for plat, i think its 90 days but can be more depending on day of month you sign up....time starts the day you sign up and your only allowed to try once a year
check the marriott thread for specifics