Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
How many stays and nights did you have with both SPG and MR last year? Your 2017 nights will be added together in August to determine whether you get higher status in the new combined program for the rest of the program year. If your status based on 2017 totals is higher than status based on 2018 totals (legacy rules or combined program), you get the higher status for the remainder of the program year, presumably March 1st, 2019, but we must wait for the new T&C to determine the date for sure.
??? Where did you read they will be adding 2017 nights to determine MPG status? All I've seen is they will preserve your current status, so (presuming) the higher of the two programs will survive the merge and migrate to the new program until you earn a higher status in 2018. This is for your regular status. Now they will be adding all LT nights in both accounts at the time you merge them to determine your MPG Lifetime status and should that be higher than your regular status, then you'll be bumped up to that.