Originally Posted by
sfosyd
This makes a lot of sense and is the fairest thing to do.
Let's hope SPG/Marriott will offer direction on this sooner than later!
Based on the answer provided by the Starwood Lurker just now in the Wiki in the Official Announcement thread, the Marriott CSR responses that have been provided to several members on this forum are incorrect. I have pasted the Starwood Lurker's response below:
Will the SPG member be able to earn LT status based on the old program until 31-Dec-2018?
Members will have until year-end 2018 to achieve Lifetime status under the current, separate policies. Beginning August 2018, members can also achieve based on their combined nights and tenure the new Lifetime criteria threshold beginning August 2018. <added by Starwood Lurker 19Apr18>