Originally Posted by
Ericdeparis
Hello !
It seems Marriott website has been updated for B6. It's official, SPG Members who have achieve 10 years of Platinum + 750 nights will be grandfathered LTPP
https://members.marriott.com/spg/
That was posted a week ago. It only answers a small part of B6 and does not address specific issues like how will combined totals be analyzed: as nights and points or nights and tenure or both or neither? Here is the complete question:
B6. Will Marriott be expanding their policy for awarding Lifetime Platinum Premier (LTPP) status to cover additional scenarios?
FTers have asked that coverage be extended as follows:
- SPG LTP with the Marriott equivalent of 750 SPG nights + and 2M after conversion points
- SPG members with a combined 750 SPG nights + 2M after conversion, but not yet LTP (e.g. 10 Platinum years)
- Case (a) or (b) but using both combined SPG + Marriott nights and points to determine the 750 night / 2M points threshold
- Members with 750 combined nights and 10 years PLT across both programs.
- If any of the above apply do members need to have Marriott accounts and have them linked prior to August 1st?
- On August 1 when nights from SPG ie 700 are combined with nights from Marriott ie 300 will the total combined nights 1,000 make that member LTPP or does the member have to have 750 nights separately in one or the other program on August 1st? Can a member still achieves LTPP by Dec 31 by the same procedure either combining nights between SPG and Marriott to reach 750 nights or can they only earn by 750 nights separately in either Program?
- Do Marriott members with 2MM uncombined lifetime MR points and with 750 combined lifetime MR nights and lifetime SPG nights qualify for LTPP
Some of these seem to have been answered elsewhere but given the contradictory information out there and since it is know that the Lurker is now only posting official, company vetted precisely worded answers posters are wanting his clarification. It's easy for those of us who are slam dunk LTPPE to not be concerned with the minutia but it is understandable that people impacted are looking for specificity because if they get it wrong there is no opportunity to go back and do things differently.