I started traveling heavily for business at the begining of October of this year, and I've been staying at a Marriott for 4 nights a week pretty much constantly. Including the 15 bonus nights I got for the Marriott Visa, I will be at 64 nights by the end of 2006. (I will hit Gold when I check out tommorow).

Had anyone had any success getting MR to allow a longer duration of time to achieve platinum, or perhaps reduce the requirements?

I would really hate to end the year with 64 nights and then have to wait 75 nights into next year before I achieve platinum.