Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
Even one year has a very low likelihood. If you have lifetime status, but not current status, you have no value to any chain.
I will say that MSC Cruises matched me to their top level (Black) specifically because I was a LT Plat Marriott member. I do believe others who were not LT but Plat with Marriott were not matched to that same level.
As for other hotel chains matching my Marriott status, I would guess it depends on what information they require for a status match. Basically, how would Hilton, IHG, Hyatt, and so on know whether my status with Marriott was only due to my LT status or due to current levels of travel if I was only asked to show an elite card?