Status by spend..?
Jul 15, 2025 | 4:45 am
#16
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: BOS/UTH
Programs: AA LT PLT; QRPC PLT/OW EMD; Bonvoy LT Titanium
Posts: 14,574
Reminds me of the people who suffer some perceived slight and say that they'll never fly airline XX again. Until XX has the cheapest or most convenient flight.
Jul 15, 2025 | 6:50 am
#17
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: KSA
Programs: Marriott AMB, Skywards Gold
Posts: 3,941
Jul 15, 2025 | 7:27 am
#18
Join Date: May 2024
Programs: MB AMB, Accor PLAT, LH SEN
Posts: 427
I can think of scenarios that lead to 30k spend and 98 nights where I would say that an exception definitely makes sense, but others where that would be less so.
Jul 15, 2025 | 7:40 am
#19
Join Date: Jun 1999
Location: NYC/LA
Programs: DL DM, UA Silver, Marriott Titanium/LTP, Hilton Diamond
Posts: 9,806
Jul 15, 2025 | 7:51 am
#20
Join Date: May 2024
Programs: MB AMB, Accor PLAT, LH SEN
Posts: 427
1) Lots of stays throughout the year with consistent spend of $300-400 per night, then happened to be a no-show for a booking in late December due to a flight disruption; or
2) Accrued lots of credit card nights and a few stays during a double nights promotion, while most of the 30k spend comes from one RC cruise, then decides a couple of months into the next year to ask for an exception.
These are extreme examples, but that's why I find it difficult to say that it's outright "correct" or "wrong" not to grant the status just based on nights&spend figures.
Jul 16, 2025 | 1:40 am
#21
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: KSA
Programs: Marriott AMB, Skywards Gold
Posts: 3,941
For what its worth, during the SPG days, I was part of the ambassador "secret" program in 2009 after completing one stay that year at the W Maldives. This was definitely due to spending as I couldn't think of anything else. I received the email a week or two after that stay which was in Q2 if I recall correctly.