Sounds like changes are in store for achieving MR Lifetime Status. Saw this MR post after someone posted a question about Lifetime Platinum Status on MR's Facebook page:

"Lifetime status is a combination of years at level, total nights and total spend. If you can be a bit patient - we're conducting analysis right now to confirm whether our criteria is appropriately set. The goal is to be absolutely explicit about how one achieves Lifetime status and we'll communicate it during the renewal timeframe. (your membership is valid until the end of February). Thanks for your interest!"

If this in anything like the analysis MR did with regards to BOGO fiasco, this could really be another big mess!

Regards,

RIP...