Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Huh? AFAIK the Centurion card to DL PM gives all the benefits and privileges of PM status but MQMs and RDMs, so that getting to DM would still require 125,000 MQMs. I'm not sure whether Centurion PMs get to pick a choice benefit such as four SWUs or gifting FO to someone.
Similarly, for SPG status, AmEx Plat to Gold gives all the privileges of Gold, including earning an additional point per dollar, late checkout, enhanced rooms, etc. Centurion used to give SPG Plat but it's been changed to just Gold.
I was talking hotel statuses, wasn't even thinking airlines.
Let's see...125 actual nights in beds.
56 Marriott
21 Starwood
0 Hilton
0 Priority Club
20 Hyatt
Assumes "perfect" hotel hopping on SPG and HY plus threshold spend on HY Visa and HH Visa or Amex. That gets you four very good top-tiers. (PC Plat is lame IMHO.)
Still have 30 nights to throw at a couple of niche brands like Kimpton, Fairmont, etc. Or you could probably have some sort of out-of-the-box top-tier from another cheaper brand that gives it away via some other non-stay method.
Granted, I wouldn't necessarily *want* to do all of this Starwood/Hyatt hotel-hopping. I'd probably do what
CPRich does - throw my additional nights towards the higher tiers of SPG Platinum. I've never chased Hyatt myself.
But a true status nerd *could* do it...
