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Mar 18, 2008 | 10:36 pm

#104

travelexpert

Join Date: Aug 2005

Programs: AA Plt 3MM; UA 1K 2 MM; MR Lifetime Plat; HH Lifetime Diamond; HH Diamond; IGH Spire Ambas; SPG Gold

Posts: 2,149

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Originally Posted by CPRich

At SPG, you need 10 stays or 25 for all but the last year of your life to get lifetime gold. Or buy an SVO timeshare and pay maintenance fees for every year of your life.

Another 'back door" opportunity toward "eternal" Starwood Gold status is keep paying $450 per year for an American Express Platinum card.

Also--just want to confirm that 15 nights per year towards elite status for Marrriott Visa card holders DO NOT count towards Marriott lifetime status?

Finally--has anyone come up with another way to get nights toward lifetime Marriott status without "heads in beds"? For example, do free nights using Marriott Reward points count?