Originally Posted by
bosca418
From everything that I've been reading it is calendar year. I opened my card in Nov 17 so technically I'm still in my first year, however, according to what frequentmiler is stating is that we need to spend 10k from Jan through July.
It is not calendar year, but account year. Technically you are still a Ritz/Marriott gold member on 8/1/2018. It is not clear if
1. you'll be converted to Gold or Platinum
2. if the status will carry over after the anniversary year.
So, I'd get the $10k done. It is not much extra spending if this is still the new card.