Forgive me I must have not been clear about what I meant. What I was trying to say was that prior to 8/18 if you qualified for Platinum Status by staying a combined total of 50 eligible nights between SPG + Marriott, Marriott would upgrade your status to Platinum Premier/ Titanium. If you stayed 0 nights but had a credit card that granted you Gold status in either program you would be upgraded to Platinum Status. Anything below Ambassador status was basically upgraded to next status level. I'm upset about this because Marriott has basically devalued PP/ Titanium members by upgrading all lower tiers. Its gotten so bad that many hotels are denying standard benefits because so many people got "free" Platinum status or got upgraded to PP/Titanium. IMO theres a huge difference between someone who has 50 nights of loyalty and 130 such as myself and well the difference between someone who has a CC granting them Gold = Platinum and someone who's stayed 49 nights is also a joke.