Disneyhappy
DIS Veteran
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2000
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I was scheduled to become a platinum member with our July 4th stay. I noticed the AP rates would save me $50 per night over the AAA rate. I do not mind paying the extra money if I could be certain that the July 1st changes with the Loew's First program would still get me Platinum status. So, I decided to call and see what they would tell me. Fortunately, the same Loews rep that helped to figure out my status 4 weeks ago answered the phone and remembered me. She understood my quandary and put me on hold to speak with her supervisor because they keep making changes to the new program, up to and including this morning. She came back on line and told me I should be OK because they are pushing the effective date back to 7/15/08. (Doesn't this help you, Mac?) She said there will be major changes and that guests will have to work harder to get to a status level. "What do you mean?", I asked her. For example, no longer are you automatically a Loews Blue level when you sign up. You will now need at least two stays. I tried to pry additional info but someone told the rep to stop giving out info since the changes are still being worked on. I told her the email announcing changes tried to make it sound like it was going to be good news but it seems like the changes will make most people unhappy. She said she thinks I am correct and then she had to get off the phone. Because of the continued changes, I wonder when the actual changes in the program will be announced. The Gods are usually not on my side but on this occasion, they seem to be with the switch to a 7/15 effective date. My luck must be finally changing. It was apparent that if the changes became effective 7/1, I was not going to get Platinum with my 7/4 stay. I have no idea how many more nights I would have needed.