Originally Posted by
darthbimmer
It's awfully hard to buy top-tier MR status with credit card spend. After the initial 15 nights from carrying the MR Visa card you'd need to spend $180,000 on the card to earn the other 60 nights required to reach Platinum. Comping status for $180k spend is not a giveaway.
Ritz CC will give you gold in the first year (10k spend in subsequent years for Gold) or Plat after 75k.