Originally Posted by
BingBongBoy
Well, this is a tad annoying...
I sent an email about 6 weeks ago about status match to another program, and have patiently waited for the reply which came today declining the status match.
I was told about the Gold Challenge, literally 2 days after just completing what would have been 2 stays towards the 6 stays required for Gold... *Harumph*
If a person has a US Amex Platinum card, it gets the person SPG Gold status. That is essentially Marriott Gold status if you just link the accounts.
But that is for people who qualify for the card in the US. For those who don't have much in the way of a US credit report, it's not going to fly so easily unless becoming an authorized user on someone else's US Amex Platinum account.