I need 7 nights to renewal my current elite status. I have a booking using 7 nights certificate the end of this year 12/24-12/31 2019, which I assume will be posted early Jan next year. So I wonder whether that 7 nights will count toward 2019 or 2020 and if it counts toward 2019, will I still be able to make the annual choice given I will have to wait the posting of that stay to reach the threshold?
I noticed that there are old postings suggest that the cross-year stay 12/31-1/1 will be counted toward the year when the night is posted if it is not a paid stay. But I wonder whether that apply to all reward stay (even not cross-year). Will the reward night be counted toward the year when it is posted rather than when the stay happens?
At the end of 2017, at least one Insider had a 3-day award stay that ended on 12/31 (did not cross year-end). The nights were not posted until after the turn of the calendar. All ended up being credited to 2018 (when they posted) not when they occurred.
Based on the dates of your stay, combined with the fact that it is an award stay makes it almost certain these night will not post in 2019, so you will likely end up short of your goal of reaching 75 nights. That means no annual choice award.