ethang801

Hello, question. I am currently at about 610 nights lifetime with SPG and another 125 with Marriott. I will cross 750 combined by the end of the year. Will I be eligible for the lifetime 750 tier? Thank you!

spgplat21

That will depend on whether you have 10 years of platinum combined between the two programs by the end of the year. If you do, then yes you should, but if not, then no the 750 nights alone will not be enough.

ethang801

Awesome, thank you!!

smokie

spgplat21

So it seems like you will also need to qualify separately for Marriott Platinum by August to get to 10 combined years of platinum, since the crossover years do not count. And if you are close to 750, you should be able to do that for less than $1,500 if you live close to a decent-sized US city. Take a look at the rewarding nights thread on the marriott forum for some advice on getting 10 nights credit for hosting meetings. If you did 8 meetings, that would get you 80 marriott nights and the 10th year of platinum status that you need. It should be pretty easy to do that for under $1,000. Now whether it's worth it not is totally up to you. A lifetime of earning the extra bonus points, plus getting silver united status, plus I assume having a higher upgrade priority would be worth the extra cash for me, but everyone values these things differently.

CJKatl

Sorry, but how are you getting to ten years at Plat? Assuming everything above is accurate the most SPG Plat years you could have is seven. The crossover years do not count as unique Marriott years, so even if you earn Marriott Gold by the end of the year, which is very doable through some quick meetings, the most years at status you could have is eight, which is short of what you would need.

MSPeconomist

UA-NYC

12/31 - August 1 is not relevant if trying to get to 10 years of Platinum to make LTPP before end of year

The poster indicated two years ('12 and '13) that were MR Plat unrelated to SPG Plat

CJKatl

Thanks, I see it now. There were four MR years total, two of which were status match. I missed that there were different years listed.

smokie

Thanks for your advice everyone!

Sounds like it might be possible (with some considerable effort)... as long as I can get to true Marriott Platinum Elite for 2018 (vs just matched) and hit 750 nights total.

CJKatl

You only need to reach MR Gold, the fifty night level. A couple weeks ago the Starwood Lurker confirmed years at MR Gold will count towards the ten needed for LTPP. Some posters refused to believe this but it was reconfirmed today in very absolute terms, see question B10 in the Starwood thread's new program's sticky's Wiki.

bworrell

This is great. For some reason I was under the impression that I had to have 750 nights with SPG to be grandfathered into Marriott LTPP.

Since I have 619 nights with SPG (lifetime Plat) and 199 with Marriott I'm good!

RogerD408

You're correct. At one point the discussion was you needed 750 nights in one or the other as of August. Fortunately that morphed into 750 combined. Heaven only knows if we will see yet another change. Keep reading and figure out what works for you.