Originally Posted by
Markie
7. Will a current diamond have to make 60 nights next year or 55 nights?? to maintain the diamond/globalist tier.
A current Diamond member will transition to Globalist on March 1, 2017. This Globalist will need 60 nights or 100k Base Points in 2017 to requalify for Globalist. The member will then in 2018 need 55 nights to requalify for Globalist.[/I]
Thanks for getting this clarified. This is not how I had interpreted it, and it definitely puts an end to any slight temptation I had to try to re-qualify in 2017. I could almost see trying to reach a 55-night threshold, but 60 nights is just so totally impossible for me on solely leisure travel, so it is even easier to give up.
I'll re-qualify this year (25 stays, 42 nights) and enjoy Diamond until 28 Feb 2018, especially my last 4 DSUs to be issued 01 Mar 2017.
My only remaining quandary is whether to cut my Hyatt stays to just 30 nights in 2017 and do some stays elsewhere, or spend them all at Hyatt while I'm still Diamond/Glob.