When and how are nights counted?
 

I am cutting it real close for my gold qualification and am wondering whether I will end up disappointed for not making it because I am misunderstanding the way nights are counted. Here is my question:

I started staying with marriott August 2007 with my first stay going from end of August to Sept 4th. By now I am in need of 2 more nights for gold and have a reservation that starts August 29th, i.e. basically AFTER my first night of the 2007 stay but before the end of the 2007 stay. So the question is do I have to reach 50nights within a year of the beginning or end of my stay back in 2007?

I hope that was not too confusing and thanks for the help. ^

This is a good question. I am working with our technical people to determine if the nights roll off based on the check in, or the check out date and will post when I hear something.

Regards,
Ira

thanks so much for looking into that. I appreciate it.

I wouldn't expect Marriott to be that petty.:(

Worth ringing the rewards help line to see what they say, and can do, to help.

I have been able to confirm that the nights are counted based on the check out date. So you should be in good shape.

Regards,

Ira

I am very happy to hear that! :D

Interesting ...

In your account activity, they post in the month based on the check-in date .... I guess that's software for you.

Cheers,

GenevaFlyer

germansoks,

Are you checking out before Sep 4th for this year's stay?

your first post did not mention the stay duration.

yes I will, this years stay basically falls in the middle of last years stay. As I understand it now I should therefore be fine.