Question from Count Florida:
When do you actually qualify for the next SSS tier (i.e., Silver, Gold, Platinum) - the cruise where you reach or pass the number of nights required, or the next time you cruise after reaching the qualifying number of nights? We may hit 199 nights on the first leg of a back-to-back cruise next year, if we book a cruise we're thinking about this fall. Do we get Platinum tier benefits on the second leg of that back-to-back? Or do we have to wait until the next cruise we take?

Answer: When you hit a new tier in a cruise the next cruise you move to the new status. You do not move status "mid cruise" However, on a back to back or segment of a longer cruise you do move to the new level at the commencement of the next segment of your back to back or long voyage.

Example - you book two 7 days cruises and get the combination credit and have a 14 day cruise.
You qualify on the first 7 days for a new tier level. At the commencement of the second 7 days of your 14 day cruise you are accorded the new tier status.

Thought this would get buried in the longer original thread and this is something that everyone may want to know.