Originally Posted by
sfosyd
If this is the case, which I don't think it is, it means that some SPG Plats will have a path to lifetime PP because their SPG nights and points would transfer to legacy Marriott allowing them to be grandfathered in through the legacy platinum requirements. According to the web site, Lifetime SPG Gold equals Lifetime Gold in the new program not lifetime Marriott Gold which equals lifetime Plat. I believe that in the case you describe above, you will be lifetime Gold in the new program and not lifetime Plat.
You would then have to meet the requirements for Lifetime Plat under the new program which is 10 years of being Platinum and 750 nights. If at any year you reached platinum during your SPG years those years would count toward the 10 and of course your 500 nights would count towards the 750. Points do not matter at all.
Can someone clarify?
The case in question does not really involve SPG LTG status. The merged program will merge nights and points from both programs, and then in 4Q 2018 when requirements for total LT years, nights and points are met, then OP will qualify for LT Plat Elite. MR LTP status does not require min years of being MR Plat, whereas SPG requires 10 years of SPG Plat, which is more stringent.
What is not clear is whether there is any path for SPG LTP to attain LT Plat Premier Elite status in the new program. As you said, I'd be pissed if my combined nights and points meet current MR LTP requirements, but I don't have a way to reach LT Plat Premier Elite.