Originally Posted by
M.dA.R.
You fail to grasp that SNAs are not a benefit of any particular membership tier—they are a milestone reward.
A PPE member (and a LTPPE as well) will get 5 SNAs once he hits 50 nights, even though that’s the threshold for qualification as PE.
True, Marriott may tie future new benefits to nights milestones rather than qualification into a membership tier, but only up to a point, otherwise the membership tier structure would be gutted and people would simply lose the incentive to qualify for the higher tiers.
LTPPE is not a separate membership tier, rather it is a lifetime membership in the top PPE tier, for which hundreds of thousands will be qualifying each year with their 75+ nights.
This reminds me a bit of the way the rules for WOH are written, with some stuff tied to actual nights rather than tier levels. It means that those receiving comped status don't get the suite upgrade certs, etc. which many people would consider to be a good thing (although Hyatt does give its TSUs to lifetime Glob, which requires a lot of spend).