Originally Posted by
margarita girl
Still waiting for mine. I'm wondering if the data might be flawed. I know that in previous year end summaries, my numbers seemed grossly inflated. The only explanation I could come up with was that they included points used to make bookings (on the burn side) and points returned to my account for a cancelled booking (on the earn side).
I think for all of us here that made it to SPG Lifetime Plat and have a SPG credit card, it's very likely we would have earned 2 mil equivalent of Marriott points (ie 666,667 SPG points). That's min 10 years of SPG card spending, min 500 nights of earnings. That's before all those bonus points earned from promotions, SPG credit card churning welcome bonuses, AMEX MR transfers and welcome amenities and the long-gone 500 points for busy website.
It's more challenging for SPG Lifetime members that life in countries with no SPG AMEX.(but should have a normal AMEX that can do a more costly AMEX MR -> SPG transfer).
The 2 million Marriott points to those Marriott members is daunting mainly because they are trying to get there without putting in 10 years.