Originally Posted by
pentiumvi
Just to perfectly clear of my status:
- During 2021 had Titanium, stayed 75+ nights
- Started 2022 as Titanium, stayed 50+ nights
- Started 2023 as Titanium, dropped to Platinum in March, will stay 50+ nights to renew Platinum
Sounds like I got 1 year added in Jan 2023 for being Titanium in 2022, and got another year added in March 2023 when I dropped from Titanium to Platinum?
Just trying to figure out what happens in Jan 2024? Do I get a year added since I've maintained my Platinum qualification in 2023? Or was that already added in March 2023?
Does that mean the 50+ nights I've stayed in 2023 is granting me Platinum status for 2024, which will be counted in Jan 2025?
And hypothetically, if I manage to hit Titanium this year, since I'm moving from Platinum -> Titanium, my "2024 status year" increment will be immediate, and I'd see no increment in both Jan 2024, and Jan 2025?
They sure make this unnecessarily complicated it seems.
It is easier to think that the year is defined as March-February, and ignore the qualification window (assume for simplification that all of your nights happen between March and December). Also ignore your current status.
Year increments happen in January. They also may happen during March-December if you hit the relevant number of nights.
2021 March - 2022 February: 75 nights, Incremented January 2022
2022 March - 2023 February: 50 nights, Incremented January 2023
2023 March - 2024 February: 50 nights, Incremented January 2024
And it is possible
2023 March - 2024 February: 75 nights, Incremented December 2023, no increment January 2024
I would guess that their IT system does not handle the following case well. Let's say you start from Gold status, acquire the Brilliant and Business cards, then stay every night in January and February for 99 nights (no leap year, no double night bonus). You should get incremented the year when you pass the threshold in February, but you may already have been incremented a year in January already for the past year. Then you might get incremented again in March.