Originally Posted by
JONEZY00
Yea I have not seen much difference between the two levels, except for early check-in, late check-out.
As a gold I never had a problem with early check in or late check out.
Originally Posted by
DeltaWings
If you got a soft landing to Gold, meaning you didn't stay the 50 nights in 2013, I would definitely buy it back just in case you fail to hit 50 this year. You definitely don't want to drop to Silver and the rollover elite nights are only in excess of your current status, not the status level you earn.
Additionally, rollover nights only carry over one year.
One thing to consider is that PE earns an additional 25% in MR points, meaning if OP earns 160,000 points in a year (roughly $16,000 spend, depending on hotel, credit card, etc) it's break even. Even with less spend, you're still offsetting the cost somewhat.