Platinum Renewal 2014: now or later?
 

I recently got platinum status in Jan2014. Since then I've already completed 45 nights, is there any benifit in achieving the 50 nights in the next few weeks or should I delay it till later in the year to extend the plat status?

It doesn't work like that. Whether you hit it now or later this year, you'll have Platinum status all of next year.

Completing it now would get you 10 SNA's that you can start using earlier.

There are also benefits at 75 and 100 nights, if you continue forward with SPG - 50 nights doesn't top you out.

And through the end of February 2016.

This is confusing. When you say you "got platinum status in Jan2014," what exactly do you mean? How did you get it?

Completed plat challenge in the last 3 months of 2013.

Plat before end of feb 2014 will expired in feb 2015
if now from jan you have 45 night and today stay for 5 night platstatus expired in feb 2016 ;)

Ah, got it -- thanks. As others have said, it doesn't matter when you re-qualify this year. Doing so at any point prior to year-end will make you Platinum through Feb. of 2016. So there's no advantage to waiting -- in fact you can possibly utilize the 10 suite night upgrade option sooner once you cross 50.

here are the rules for 75 nights.
Reality is you get 24 hr check in not much else.
http://development.starwoodhotels.co...mega_travelers

You also get 4 starpoints instead of 3 per USD.

Which is pretty much the only usable benefit.

Thanks for your help guys. Will complete the remaining nights next month :)