yvr76

Not sure what the metrics are for this to kick in, but yesterday I was at 6 stays / 17 nights this year and just had the text status display.

Today my latest stay posted and I'm at 7 stays / 21 nights and the meter started displaying:

id9795

I had pointed this out earlier in the thread as well. If we can see the details of the # of years as elite - how many were Platinum, it will be very helpful to track our progress towards the lifetime status. Thanks William for listening to and acting on our feedback!

ster11

One thing that I haven't seen anyone talking about yet is the new point requirements for two of my favorite hotels in NYC. Le Meridian and W New york went from 12,000 points to 20,000 points a night! Thats a huge increase that wasn't advertised.

LovetoTravel83

Actually William gave us the heads up 2 weeks prior.

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...es-2012-a.html

neo_781

Thank you. I think it'd be a good feature. It's always nice to know what target you are actually shooting for. In my case I've been Platinum for 9 years and well over the 500 nights. So I guess when I requalify for Platinum this year I will hit lifetime Platinum.

Does anyone know if that will be reflected immediately or will there be a delay?

neo_781

And it's not related to the website enhancements. Like it or not SPG makes these yearly category changes around this time of year. It was just a coincidence that it happened to coincide with website changes.

mmthomas44

Does the new website list an actual expiration date for SPG points? I don't mean look at your last activity and add a year. Too much uncertainty about what is activity.

Starwood Lurker

There may be a short delay, but probably not more than a week.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

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Starwood Lurker

No, and IIRC, it's not likely that this will be an added feature.

Best regards,

William R. Sanders
Social Media Specialist
Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide

[email protected]

landeej

Good evening, all.

I wanted to see if anyone else is having this same issue.

I'm US-based, with English being my preferred contact language in the SPG.com preferences. Since day 1 of the new website (as well as the old website), the language it communicated to me in was always English.

Now - my next stay (that I've planned far enough ahead for) is at the W Montreal. Suddenly, the same website that this morning had been communicating to me in English has the dynamic content around my account (homepage: number of stays YTD/number of nights YTD & My Account Page: top segment) in French text both above, inside, and below the horizontal "meatball" chart. Oddly enough, whoever did this design didn't think to change the date display to be D/M/Y when switching to French text (it's still American M/D/Y).

Could this be a language-localization attempt given that my next stay is in Quebec? I'm not physically there now, and my IP is well-recognized as sourcing from the US.

Screenshots attached. Lurkers, please feel free to PM me for more relevant details, and I'd be happy to help.

Merci, et bonne nuit!

id9795

I am experiencing the same problem. I tried changing the language to French and then back to English to see if it switches back, but to no avail....

fredlisancnc

I'm sure I'm missing something as I am somewhat new to SPG...Is it not possible to select saved/favorite hotels in the reservation section of the home screen to book a reservation...If it is not, shouldn't the section be enhanced to include this?

LIH Prem

oui oui! Moi aussi. Comment grossier

-David

moefl

Im also getting partial French on my account for the last 24 hours.

yosithezet

Looks like the Le Meridien people are finally fighting back... Next stay theoretically in a Portuguese-speaking locale so that Quebec stay isn't the cause.