I am a Loews gold member and they told me that they credit you two ways: the first is the total amount of "stays" that you have. So if you checked in for two weeks that would be 1 stay. However, they also count the amount of nights you stay and you can qualify for gold or platinum status with either total. So, I guess if you stayed for three months it would be one stay but 90 nights and that would bump you way up in status. Also, don't know for sure about entertainment rates but I have always been credited with my stays no matter what rate I got. As for the ammenities, I always request what I want on check in and remind them if I don't get it. I booked a deluxe room at the entertainment rate and I got the $35 upgrade to a kid's suite this weekend. Total cost for the suite was $190 per night. It was great.