Youngest Lifetime Platinum/Gold?
Jun 7, 2012, 12:53 pm
#16
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I don't understand how there isn't a floor on the age for lifetime Plat. AFAIK to get night credit, the room must be booked in one's name and paid for by the person. So this would require being old enough to have a credit card and sign contracts, which I assume would be age 18 in most jurisdictions. (In addition, most hotels do not permit minors to check in and stay without adult supervision.) Hence the first year as a SPG member who earned Plat status would seem to be the year the person turned age 18, which should mean that no one can be lifetime Plat before age 26, as the tenth year of earned Plat would therrefore be the year that the person turns 27.
Where is this logic wrong?
Where is this logic wrong?
Jun 7, 2012, 8:46 pm
#17
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Jun 7, 2012, 10:17 pm
#19
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Jun 8, 2012, 12:05 am
#20
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I don't know that I would want to brag getting lifetime status if I was in my 20's or even 30's as all it indicates is that the person has no life so to speak outside of their job. I have never heard anyone say that they wish they had worked harder / longer hours etc at the expense of family; I have heard many people say that they wish that they had woken up earlier and 'smelt the roses' so to speak. Youth only happens once in your life - why would anyone want to waste it in hotel rooms is beyond me.
Jun 8, 2012, 4:53 am
#21
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I don't know that I would want to brag getting lifetime status if I was in my 20's or even 30's as all it indicates is that the person has no life so to speak outside of their job. I have never heard anyone say that they wish they had worked harder / longer hours etc at the expense of family; I have heard many people say that they wish that they had woken up earlier and 'smelt the roses' so to speak. Youth only happens once in your life - why would anyone want to waste it in hotel rooms is beyond me.
I certainly wouldn't want to worry about hotel status when I was in my 20's, I never even know what it was back then. I was too busy having fun like we all did. However, if I had the funds to rock the world in my 20's (assuming we aren't talking Omaha, Neb/ Fresno, Ca./ etc. as that isn't my idea of rocking the world.
Jun 8, 2012, 10:42 am
#23
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Jun 8, 2012, 10:45 am
#24
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I don't know that I would want to brag getting lifetime status if I was in my 20's or even 30's as all it indicates is that the person has no life so to speak outside of their job. I have never heard anyone say that they wish they had worked harder / longer hours etc at the expense of family; I have heard many people say that they wish that they had woken up earlier and 'smelt the roses' so to speak. Youth only happens once in your life - why would anyone want to waste it in hotel rooms is beyond me.
Jun 8, 2012, 12:03 pm
#25
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Let me be clear - I am not bragging. In fact, most elites annoy me.
A check-in agent I know was just making a huge deal out of it so I wanted to ask... she made it sound like 99% of Lifetime Gold/Plat members are businessmen in their 50's.
I travel mostly for work, but I travel a lot for leisure as well due to bein a non-revenue passenger.
A check-in agent I know was just making a huge deal out of it so I wanted to ask... she made it sound like 99% of Lifetime Gold/Plat members are businessmen in their 50's.
I travel mostly for work, but I travel a lot for leisure as well due to bein a non-revenue passenger.
Jun 8, 2012, 1:03 pm
#26
Join Date: Mar 2012
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While I can't imagine doing this once I have a family, I do think I will look back and appreciate the interesting lifestyle I was able to experience in my early 20's.
...along with all those banked points
Jun 8, 2012, 8:56 pm
#27
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Location: Laguna Beach, CA; Former DL everything, now AA/AS everything; SPG Plat; Marriott Plat; and all that other stuff!!
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62 and Lifetime Plat!! Did I win?!?!?: p
Jun 9, 2012, 1:45 am
#28
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Jun 9, 2012, 2:12 am
#29
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Jun 9, 2012, 5:45 am
#30
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