Originally Posted by
RogerD408
You may not be able to choose. It's been said you must cross the 50/75 thresholds after the program merges (since it's a feature of MPG) AND that combining accounts doesn't qualify. Not good news but does make sense, why shouldn't everyone with more than 50/75 get the choice when it wasn't a benefit?
This would make no sense. Take my case: 30 Marriott + 24 SPG nights pre-merge. Combined the accounts, now at 54 nights. You say it wouldn't be eligible. Had I just 49 combined nights and stayed 1 more night after post-merge, would that make me eligible?