Originally Posted by
pinniped
My thought was that if one could get the SPG Gold comp, instantly match to Marriott Gold, sign up for the Marriott Plat challenge, do a quick 9 nights, match back to SPG Plat. Would work for someone who regularly does 1-nighters or is in a city where doing some hotel hopping is feasible.
I don't think this will work. I'm going from a vague memory that something like that was discussed in the SPG forum & the answer was no.
The OP says he can meet the 18 nights in 90 days, so for him he probably doesn't have to try & jump through too many hoops.
Cheers.