Originally Posted by
Oxon Flyer
IIRC, the new "stay preferences" profile option, which you have to update in order to qualify for this bonus, was introduced with the new website launch on October 15, so this hypothetical situation will (should) not arise.
There has always been a "stay preferences" profile option. It was just expanded to add the Platinum preferences. It used to just have things like smoking/non-smoking. Therefore, this situation definitely arises. I had to add some bogus perferences just to force a change for +1's account.