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Old Nov 11, 2016 | 10:54 pm
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Originally Posted by GetawaysRus
I confess that I wanted some additional elite nights credit, so I did some MS with my Marriott card to reach Marriott Plat (and now SPG Plat and United Silver as well). I could have used a 2% cashback card instead, but the status is valuable to me.
If you're close enough, I can see how it'd be worth it. I feel like it depends on how close you are, and what status you're gunning for.

I'd consider MSing for Marriott/SPG Plat. But for gold? nah. It's easily obtainable with zero effort.
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