2018 Platinum Requalification Roll Call
Jan 24, 2017, 6:18 pm
#1
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2018 Platinum Requalification Roll Call
Tomorrow night is the earliest opportunity to re-qualify for SPG Platinum, possibly for the last time ever.
Who's first?
Who's first?
Jan 24, 2017, 7:39 pm
#2
Join Date: Jan 2009
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1) Personal and Business Amex will credit you 2x5=10 qualifying nights beginning of Jan.
2) If you run an event at SPG hotel, you will be earning 1 qualifying night per 20 room-nights booked up to total 20 nights per event.
3) In the past (I cannot find this in terms and conditions now) one could get a credit up to 3 rooms booked (if a member stays in one of the rooms and pays for all three room). So one could get 51 qualifying nights (SPG PLT) after paying for 3 rooms for 17 nights.
By combining 1+2+3 one could be a new SPG PLT already!
Jan 24, 2017, 10:47 pm
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True. But hardcore old-timers do it the right way.... 
Jan 25, 2017, 3:51 am
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Join Date: Aug 2010
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You could already classify, though not re-classify as a platinum with a platinum challenge on the 19th of January by having an 18 nights stay starting on the 1st.
Jan 28, 2017, 6:11 pm
#5
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If a member is a Vistana Signature 5-Star Elite, he/she could prepay their 2018 maintenance fee on January 1, 2017 and qualify for 2018 SPG Platinum status on that date. However, I know of no incentive to do this other than being able to post on FT!
Jan 29, 2017, 1:39 pm
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The first day to re-qualify was in January 10th. 9 days in a different hotels(at least two different) with 3 rooms in each except the last with 1 room. 25 stays in total.
The hardcore way!
Jan 29, 2017, 11:54 pm
#7
Join Date: Oct 2015
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Jan 30, 2017, 7:54 am
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The first day to classify with Platinum challenge was January 6th. 6 days in a different hotels with 3 rooms in each. 18 nights total.
The first day to re-qualify was in January 10th. 9 days in a different hotels(at least two different) with 3 rooms in each except the last with 1 room. 25 stays in total.
The hardcore way!
The first day to re-qualify was in January 10th. 9 days in a different hotels(at least two different) with 3 rooms in each except the last with 1 room. 25 stays in total.
The hardcore way!
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...er-thread.html
Jan 30, 2017, 8:08 am
#9
Join Date: Oct 2015
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horizontal, you are correct. The only way a Platinum challenge will qualify for 2018 would be one completed after March 1, 2017.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...er-thread.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/starw...er-thread.html
Am in any case on my way to requalifying for 2018...
Jan 30, 2017, 12:40 pm
#10
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Platinum Vakid till Feb 2019
According to post 642 the lurkers confirm that we can complete the challenge anytime after Jan 1 and the status will be valid till Feb 2019. Sorry for not linking that post, I am on the Andean Explorer with a spotty connection. But I am worried since I have completed 16 nights on the challenge already.
Jan 30, 2017, 2:23 pm
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According to post 642 the lurkers confirm that we can complete the challenge anytime after Jan 1 and the status will be valid till Feb 2019. Sorry for not linking that post, I am on the Andean Explorer with a spotty connection. But I am worried since I have completed 16 nights on the challenge already.
Jan 30, 2017, 6:39 pm
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According to post 642 the lurkers confirm that we can complete the challenge anytime after Jan 1 and the status will be valid till Feb 2019. Sorry for not linking that post, I am on the Andean Explorer with a spotty connection. But I am worried since I have completed 16 nights on the challenge already.
Elite Expiration: The Elite Status Challenge entitles members to one full year of elite status, from one renewal period to the next (i.e. the end of February one year to the end of February the next year) and only carries over if they are upgraded on or after March 1st (whereas earning status naturally* gives members elite status for the remainder of the current year, carries over for the entirety of the following year, and expires at the end of February in the third year)
Elite Status Challenge Expiration Example: If a member is upgraded via the challenge on or before February 28th, 2017 they retain status until February 28th, 2018, the following year. If they are upgraded on or after March 1st, 2017 they retain status for the remainder of the year, all of 2018, up until February 28th, 2019.
Jan 30, 2017, 8:24 pm
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Wow
William (Starwood Lurker) has confirmed that your interpretation of Post 642 in that thread is incorrect. The Wiki Post in that thread has the correct information and it is shown below:
Elite Expiration: The Elite Status Challenge entitles members to one full year of elite status, from one renewal period to the next (i.e. the end of February one year to the end of February the next year) and only carries over if they are upgraded on or after March 1st (whereas earning status naturally* gives members elite status for the remainder of the current year, carries over for the entirety of the following year, and expires at the end of February in the third year)
Elite Status Challenge Expiration Example: If a member is upgraded via the challenge on or before February 28th, 2017 they retain status until February 28th, 2018, the following year. If they are upgraded on or after March 1st, 2017 they retain status for the remainder of the year, all of 2018, up until February 28th, 2019.
Elite Expiration: The Elite Status Challenge entitles members to one full year of elite status, from one renewal period to the next (i.e. the end of February one year to the end of February the next year) and only carries over if they are upgraded on or after March 1st (whereas earning status naturally* gives members elite status for the remainder of the current year, carries over for the entirety of the following year, and expires at the end of February in the third year)
Elite Status Challenge Expiration Example: If a member is upgraded via the challenge on or before February 28th, 2017 they retain status until February 28th, 2018, the following year. If they are upgraded on or after March 1st, 2017 they retain status for the remainder of the year, all of 2018, up until February 28th, 2019.
Feb 22, 2017, 9:35 pm
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Join Date: May 2013
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As a swansong to the enjoyment since enrolling in SPG in 2012, I've just finished my stays and requalified for 2018 as of today.
It's been a good 5+ years and 200 odd nights as a SPG Platinum! Always felt pampered and happy with their perks and benefits .
Looking forward to see what the future holds with Marriott!
It's been a good 5+ years and 200 odd nights as a SPG Platinum! Always felt pampered and happy with their perks and benefits .
Looking forward to see what the future holds with Marriott!