Originally Posted by
WhatWhatTech
Status bumps to Platinum Elite for Ritz-Carlton Rewards card cardholders have been clarified:
Also, you will not be bumped up to Platinum Premier Elite if you were Platinum Elite through $75k spend:
This is from Ritz-Carlton Rewards card's site:
https://www.ritzcarltonrewardscard.com/privileges
Ugh. I read this to say if you just signed up and got "old gold" for one year, it will end in 2018 when the "new platinum" expires. That hurts several of us if I theorized correctly.