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Old Mar 12, 2016, 3:52 pm
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Anyone bought back status this year and seen a decrease in Lifetime points?

 
Old Mar 20, 2016 | 12:15 pm
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Originally Posted by jtp1947
Check post 1725, yes it did happen.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/marri...tatus-115.html
Thank you for posting the link; expectations confirmed.
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Old Mar 20, 2016 | 10:28 pm
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Now we know: lifetime status (at least according to the popup) is lost.
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Old Mar 21, 2016 | 5:08 am
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Originally Posted by sethb
Now we know: lifetime status (at least according to the popup) is lost.
... so, we can safely assume that 2MM LT MR points is a Lifetime requirement. IE: You can't gift away points that take you below 2MM lifetime and keep LT Plat.
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Old Mar 25, 2016 | 8:05 pm
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Hello everyone,

I am very glad to say that my escalation within Marriott and to the CEO was met with a very impressive and positive response. Marriott has made me whole AND listened to my feedback, deciding to remove the lifetime points deduction clause entirely :-) while still continuing to offer the buyback program. With that, I leave everyone with three points:

1) Kudos to the Marriott team for making things right!
2) I hope my efforts has, can, and will help everyone.
3) Reminder to everyone never to be a naysayer or listen to the naysayers. I assume the creators of this site hoped that it would help empower customers and today that dream is fulfilled.

Cheers,
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 12:22 am
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Originally Posted by tigrr49
I am very glad to say that my escalation within Marriott and to the CEO was met with a very impressive and positive response.
Congratulations on an impressive achievement. Would be interested in a more detailed description of how you accomplished this.
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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 10:02 am
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I'll be interested to see if they actually follow through w/ removing the lifetime deduction policy entirely.

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Old Mar 26, 2016 | 9:35 pm
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Originally Posted by SkiAdcock
I'll be interested to see if they actually follow through w/ removing the lifetime deduction policy entirely.
The language has disappeared from the Marriott page linked above.
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Old Mar 27, 2016 | 10:19 am
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Originally Posted by ohmark
The language has disappeared from the Marriott page linked above.
Great! I'll edit the wiki.

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