Originally Posted by
OldSchoolConsultant
I'm Lifetime Platinum already, but just out of curiosity, have they published what the new nights/years requirements will be?
Just bear in mind that all the Lifetime Statuses in the old program are bumped up one level higher. Gold in the new program doesn't get breakfast or lounge access, and existing MR Lifetime Gold get put at Platinum (50 night level/lounge access/breakfast) in new program and existing MR Lifetime Plat will be grandfathered to Platinum Premier (75 night level) in the new program.
Bear in mind that while the lowest level (Silver, with essentially no benefits) remains the same on the nights level, the mid-level status of Gold in the new program is basically without equivalent. The equivalent of qualifying for Lifetime Gold in the old program (lifetime of the 50 nights/year status) is getting the new LTP.
New LTP is 600 nights vs. the 500 of the old LTG, AND the requirement of 10 years at new platinum (50 nights) makes it harder to earn, since it requires more years of activity, while you could qualify for the old LTG in three or so years with high stay activity (thanks to rollover nights particularly, which counted once when earned and a second time in the year that they were rolled over to, meaning you could effectively earn 200 nights a year with only ~125 nights actually earned within that year).