Originally Posted by
CJKatl
Your tenth year will be when you hit Plat for the tenth time, which will be in Dec, per your narrative. There are some reports of this not showing in the Website, but your tenth year will be when you hit your fiftieth night,
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
OTOH for MR Plat years, to me it isn't clear when the additional new year of earned status will be recognized..
Originally Posted by
X-ON
William, i.e. the Starwood Lurker, emailed me and he explained that the expected behavior: "tenured years at Platinum will not go up until early next year after the year-end true-up." ... so it seems that there will be a year end reconciliation of earned tenure year in Jan/Feb 2019.
There are two distinct issues and the latter two posts answer the question not asked.
The T&Cs, as posted below, make it clear a member will be deemed to have earned status in the year the status is earned, which in this case will be 2018. We are hearing reports of a technical glitch that keeps the Website from showing credit for the year 2018 status earned and believe this will be taken care of in a sweep sometime in Jan 2019, but that will not impact the member ultimately getting credit for reaching the status in 2018, even of the member has to ask for a correction after the sweep, .
T&Cs Section 4.2.e.i:
In order to obtain Lifetime Elite Status, a Member must meet the below Lifetime Elite Status Criteria (4.2.f.)during the Member’s participation in the Loyalty Program. An “Eligible Status Year” is a calendar year during which a Member obtained Elite membership status (Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite or Platinum Premier Elite) by achieving the Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite or Platinum Premier Elite Minimum Requirement during such Eligible Status Year. Only a calendar year in which a Member achieves Silver Elite, Gold Elite, Platinum Elite or Platinum Premier Elite Status, as described in the prior sentence, will count as an Eligible Status Year, regardless of the length of time that such Member will retain the benefits of Elite membership Status. For example, if a Member meets the Gold Elite Minimum Requirement during the 2018 Eligible Status Year by earning twenty-five (25) Eligible Nights and becomes a Gold Elite Member for the remainder of 2018 and for all of 2019, 2018 will count as a single Eligible Status Year, but 2019 will not count as an Eligible Status Year unless the Member meets the Gold Elite Minimum Requirement during the 2019 Eligible Status Year.