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May 14, 2016, 8:41 am

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Originally Posted by sdsearch

I'm not sure how they determined the initial status.

I'm showing as Platinum through Dec 2017 ^, but just 3 nights this year.

I looked at my account activity, and though I had 17 nights last year, 3 didn't earn anything (one was a GoFree award, and 2 were a third-party booking using up my FlexPerks points).

So did they count either the third-party stay or the GoFree stay, or did they combine my 2015 nights with my 2016 nights so far?

The elite status page doesn't explain clearly whether what "qualified" for elite status is same or different as what "qualifies" for earning points/miles. (At some other hotel programs, rewards nights are "qualifying" for elite status but not "qualifying" for most other purposes.)

I looked at one account that has had zero nights this year but four last year. It shows as Blue. A different account that had 5 nights last year and 4 this year is showing as Gold. Seems like a combined count or rolling calendar perhaps or the higher of either year.

Award nights seem to have at least sometimes been counted?

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