Horace - thanks so much for your helpful reply. By the end of this year, I'll have enough nights for Lifetime Platinum, but I'll be a bit short on points. Would points transferred from family members into my account (now that MR allows 50,000 points to transfer between two members in a given year) be eligible too?

Mods feel free to merge the threads, as Horace predicts will happen. I apologize for my FT inexperience!