Do we have clarification yet regarding whether or not the 75 night benefit will be available (I don't see the option on either the app or the website)?
More specifically, I obtained 50 SPG nights earlier this year and chose the 1 free night. I stopped staying at SPG's when I got to 73 nights this year and proceeded to earn 27 MR nights. With the merger on 8/18 I'm obviously at 100 nights and believe that I'm entitled for a second benefit choice since I attained 75 nights after 8/18, but can't find confirmation of my understanding on the website, in this (or other forums) and have been on hold for 57 minutes (and counting--no biggie--it's not like I'm Lifetime Platinum or anything and expect to receive front-of-the-queue service or anything--wait, yes I do, lol).
Hi, I think we are in a holding pattern on all of this. MR has to technically restrict those from SPG who made 50 nights before the merger from taking further SNAs or free nights, but also allow those with combined numbers above 50 and 75 to have the appropriate choice permissions. There was some confirmation by those in the know that folks that were in the latter camp of exceeding when accounts were combined wouldn't end up with anything. The sentiment among us is that just sounds stupid to punish your most frequent customers due to an inability to track rewards appropriately. I've not read anyone who believes that there ought to be double dipping on SNAs, just fair allocation.