Originally Posted by
nexusCFX
You may not encounter this due to your lifetime status or maintaining that titanium, but the status changes are processed in February for re-qualification. ...
What status changes? If you re-qualify then there isn't any change. And if you achieve let's say 50 nights you're bumped to Platinum immediately, not just on February 1st.
Just goes to show what an absolute disaster the Marriott rule book for Bonvoy has become. It just defeats any common sense.