Originally Posted by
TrojanHorse
So what I'm reading is stop at 75 Nights and go elsewhere and earn status
If each night you pay is about $200/night, then you would hit Ambassador on your 100th night. My reading is if you're mostly staying in mid to high tier hotels, and you're North America based you'll get one of those Ambassadors.
In addition, Marriott can invite those worthy customers without the $US 20000 spend to get ambassadors. I believe if you live in developing nations ( or especially in a certain famous non-market economy), you'll gain ambassador status without the qualifying threshold since their mid to upper tier hotels cost less USD per night.