Originally Posted by
Beckles
If you fall to Gold after Phase 1, the best you can earn through the promotion is Gold, so you should plan on packing on as much as you can in Phase 1 and try and keep it up in Phase 2, then you can see where you stand for Phase 3. Whatever you earn in Phase 1 is the best you can do in Phase 2, and whatever you earn in Phase 2 is the best you can do in Phase 3.
I think this answers a question I had (and came to these older posts to see if anyone else addressed it already):
I qualified for a
Plat ISP (via Hyatt match) in late Sept, so I am in Phase 1. I am at nearly 50k LP for this phase, so I have passed the Plat Pro threshold. It looks likely that I
can get to 67k in this phase (ExPlat), but I am not sure that it's realistic that I will also be able to reach ExPlat for Phase 2 and Phase 3 with my travel plans and spend pattern. But reaching Plat Pro levels seems realistic. If I reach 67k (ExPlat) in Phase 1, I would only need 17k in Phase 2 (2*42 - 67) and 42k in Phase 3, right?
So what I want to confirm is that if I "overshoot" now and reach ExPlat in Phase 1, I could safely drop down to Plat Pro at the end of Phase 2 (i.e., I would not drop down all the way to where I started, Plat). And if I drop to Plat Pro at the end of Phase 2, that's also the max I can reach in Phase 3. So basically no downside to "packing on as much as you can in Phase 1 and try and keep it up in Phase 2" (as you put it).