Reply To: Platinum Challenge during soft-landing?

[Pangolin]

Alex_A wrote:

My 2024 didn’t include a lot of travel, and alas I’ve got a soft-landing from Bonvoy Platinum to Gold coming up in early March.

I was looking at doing the Platinum Challenge (if it still exists) as I’ve got 16 nights already booked over Feb / March, so would definitely hit the target.

Question is… can I sign-up for the challenge while I’m still Platinum? Or do I have to wait till after my account drops to Gold in early March? Anyone have any experience with this?

At least with the 2x nights promo, which is likely to be announced next week, you are almost certain to qualify for Platinum again.
Assuming the 16 nights will be covered under the promo period, you would only need 3 more nights for Platinum if you have the Bonvoy Amex.

So add a few more nights and you can get Platinum quite early in 2025 and have it until end of Feb 2027.