Thank you all. I am going to call today and see if I can get an easy Gold challenge. My problem is that I stay in hotels so much I do not want to go backwards (no upgrades, breakfast certs ...ouch) for a Month just to see what MR Gold/Plat is like. HH Diamond has been good to me but after all of these years I would like to see how MR treats its elite members.

You can really see how the Loyalty programs get their grip on you though....