Thanks for that (as well as the edited advice ). I was actually asking more about program changes than hotel ups/category changes. By program changes I meant if they will discontinue executive lounges or make them more restrictive, if they will add a diamond/1k type elite above platinum, if they will discontinue rollover nights/rewarding events, if they will change requirements for lifetime or do away with it altogether etc. etc.

Are those program changes not actually an annual thing? Are they announced when "hotel category changes" are announced? That was what I was initially wondering (and do still wonder if people in the know happen to know)