You're PLT and have 66 nights - what renewal message are you expecting to receive?

that they were comped to P without fulfilling the required 75-nights.

For others wondering, this is what it looks like:

http://i.imgur.com/bHo17TT.jpg

I got my snail mail letter and physical card from Ritz-Carlton Rewards stating that my status will be good through January 2017. I am currently at 119 nights and will probably end the year at 130.

Nicely done! I didn't do the points thing until this year. Previously, I had no program loyalty and always earned airline miles instead of points *dumb*. I had 53 lifetime nights and 0 points with Marriott. This year, I will end with 130 nights and almost 800,000 points earned. Maybe one day I can get PP lol.

Being semi-retired, a former PP. now LT P, I guess there will be no Marriott joy for me again despite 111 nights.

You are well on your way. It doesn't seem that there is a hard and fast qualification point for PP, the general rule seems to be at least 135 or so nights in a year, and at least one additional connection with Marriott - typically event planner points or MR branded credit card. There are plenty of other threads here that cover in far greater detail that may aid you in your quest. Good luck! ^

Well, technically I am a Ritz-Carlton Rewards member...no idea how that affects things.

I am going to finish the year at 74 nights and I have never been platinum. Any chance they will still give it to me?

I'm at 151 nights this year, but still don't see the message? Why am I an evaluation case?

I haven't "technically" re-qualified for platinum in the last two years. 67 nights in 2013 and 49 nights 2014... Yet they "gave" me plat both years. My plan again is to stop at 40-something nights this year for the rollover, as I tried to last year. I've got the assumption that they don't want me to roll over the nights and give out plat as a way to deny the rollover nights. Pure speculation, however.

Long story short... Those qualification minimums mean nothing.

if this true why not book a FFI for 69 on a weekened and be done with it?

I got the message this afternoon too (that I've renewed for Platinum). I'm at 69 nights (but have insanely high spend this year, average of ~ $350/night). I called MR and asked straight up if they had comped my status and the Platinum agent said yes.

One thing it could be (very left field) - maybe they've already gotten a very raw dump of SPG data and have done some initial analysis and realized which people have status on both and have begun comping it? Not a whole lot would go into getting that done on a very basic programmatic level.

Except this happens every year. Starwood or no Starwood.

48 nights (20 which were hotel nights, 14 which were rollover) and got my Platinum renewal today on the website. Pretty surprised and unexpected... but:

1) This isn't yet counting the 15 free Marriott Credit Card nights (so really, it should be 63 nights).

2) I'm SPG gold (granted, due to AMEX) and stayed 15 nights (8000$ spend). I suppose if they are already merging accounts on a 'soft' basis, this makes sense.

3) Been a plat for 8 years now with a 600 night total (which is basically 75 nights/year).

So doing the math and considering these factors, the "comp" make sense. It also means I'll be starting next year with 0, and if I stay/spend as much as this year, I wouldn't even hit Gold. So I'm definitely being put on notice.