Originally Posted by
craigthemif
No. That's another one of the highly contradictory elements. Some FTers have reported Marriott to be non-committal about whether members will receive the 50 and 75 night gifts if they reach the night targets before August. But if you are currently Platinum from 75 nights, you will be Plat Prem at changeover and so there is no rush for you...
Wait, seriously? This is my exact situation too, I am currently Gold at 74 Marriott nights (and about 10 SPG). I was going to generate a stay next week so I’d hit 75 Marriott nights (and plat status) before the merger, but are you saying there is a possible benefit to avoiding Marriott hotels for the next couple weeks and allowing the merger to make me plat? I really want the SNAs and don’t want to jeopardize them at all. Seems crazy they’d do it that way. Any way you could comment further or point me to this discussion?