I would appreciate someone's advice/help here: At the end of 2018, I will have 9 platinum years with SPG (and qualified for the 10th, not that it matters) and a total of around 600 lifetime nights (currently at 570). Given this new change, I'm thinking whether it may make sense to try to get to the Lifetime Premier Platinum Status - but I'm not exactly sure what I'll need to do and by when. I have Marriott Platinum right now, but it's the matched status, so I doubt that counts towards Lifetime status (if it does which I don't think, I'd already have 10 years) - if it doesn't count, I'll need to qualify for Marriott Platinum this year + get about 150 additional nights (to get to the 750) in both programs to it the qualification criteria for lifetime premier platinum. Now, a I missing anything? Do I need to achieve this by the end of August or end of December? Appreciate any advice.