Originally Posted by
samosa
You can find your lifetime nights by clicking on the work nights from your account.
My understanding is that they are selecting platinums only based upon a mix of spend, nights, and type of rates/hotels. I heard that they will expand in another 5 months with more, but unlikely to move to Gold members anytime soon. But people who get platinum from cheap stays or low negotiated rates will likely not see the benefit.
Thanks samosa! 1,604 lifetime nights, 3,708,425 lifetime points. 58 nights stayed this year so far (50 paid + 8 redeemed). 81 bonus nights (4 from Chase Visa, 77 from 2015 rollover). 113 nights total in 2016.
Most of the last ~10 years I've paid $100-120/night for a courtyard in Ohio. The last ~16 months it's been $220-$240/night at a full service Marriott in New Jersey. We normally redeem at cheaper "family friendly" properties like Spring Hill Suites where we can get a couple rooms for the family, but lately I've burned over 700K points staying at a FS marriot on Times Square.
Maybe my corporate rates are too cheap to qualify.... my coworker is using equally cheaper (or less) rates though, and did. I guess there's some randomness or other element to their selection process we're not aware of.