Originally Posted by
SkiAdcock
I agree the deserved comment made above was unnecessary. But I'm confused. I thought SPG Golds did not have access to the exec lounge under the SPG program & it was something SPG Golds got temporarily when they were able to link their accounts w/ MAR, which then gave them MAR Gold/(then Plat) & exec lounge access temporarily (temporarily being if they didn't requalify for Plat; if they did, then they still get lounge access).
Under SPG you could achieve Platinum with 25 stays or 50 nights. So it was possible to qualify for platinum with between 25 - 50 nights if you were someone who did a lot of one nighters.