Originally Posted by stc

So, I'm currently Plat in Marriott (with about 100 nights last year) and Lifetime Platinum in Starwood. At the time of the merger (certainly by Dec), I will have about 1500 nights combined in the two programs (900 marriott, 600 starwood) but I will have no where near enough points (400k-500k short) to qualify for Lifetime Platinum in Marriott. Is there any way I can fix this to achieve Lifetime Platinum Premier? I've burnt most of my Starwood points (about 10k left). I do have over 200k Membership Rewards points which I could launder through Starwood to create almost 200k more Marriott points, but I'm still 200-300k short.