Originally Posted by
X-ON
This is my totally speculative view on how MPG would import LT tiers from SPG:
LT SPG GOLD=> NEW LT GOLD tier (which would resemble SPG GOLD with some bells and whistles) official night requirement 250 nights
LT SPG PLAT=> NEW LT PLAT tier (A mix of features of MR GOLD/PLT and SPG PLT all watered down of course) official night requirement 500 nights
NEW LT tier PLAT+ (or Palladium or ???? )
Will be the new full top tier of MPG official night requirement: somewhere in area of 750 to 1000 nights
The matching would be done in 2 steps:
(1) In step one all SPG LT get their new corresponding LT tier
(2) In step two those LT GOLD /PLT with enough combined LT nights gets "promoted" into a new tier some GOLD might get into PLAT or PLAT+ and some PLAT might get into PLAT+ but most stay where they are.
Obviously you would perform the same type of procedure with the LT MR tiers
... maybe someone has an even better idea...
I would love for it to happen this way but I will not hold my breath!
I am SPG lifetime Gold but have 600 combined nights (but no lifetime with MR due to points requirement).
I don't need top tier but would like to have lounge access. MR Gold has that, SPG Gold does not, so I still have to plug away for Plat every year. It would be nice to not have to worry about that.
I find SPG very generous with upgrades and MR very stingy.