William-
Thank you to you and all the lurkers for all your help. I do have one clarification question about earning lifetime status under the new system (beginning Aug 1), that I was hoping could be clarified:

Over the past five years (since starting SPG), I have earned 5 years of SPG Platinum by SPG criteria. Since the merger in September 2016, I have also been “given” Marriott Platinum status because of my SPG Platinum status. During that time, I did NOT ever stay 75 nights/year in Marriott hotels (the old Marriott platinum criteria).

On August 1st, how many “years” of Platinum status should I expect to have towards earning the new lifetime status? Does the new criteria only count the Platinum status earned? Or does it also count the two years of “gifted” Marriott Plat status by SPG reciprocity?

in my case example:
A) Will it be 5 years, as that is how many years of platinum status were “earned”?
B). Will it be 7 years (5 SPG years + 2 “gifted” Marriott years by reciprocity)?

I am assuming it will be the former, but just wanted clarification. Thanks again, and I understand also if you can’t answer at this time.