Originally Posted by
Horace
If you're now Lifetime Gold and getting close to Lifetime Platinum, then the 5 elite-qualifying nights could work well for you. They'll move you 5 nights closer.
Just note that Lifetime Platinum also requires earning Platinum for at least 10 years (or Marriott Gold in the pre-Bonvoy years), and it sounds like the OP doesn't hit 50 nights very often, so this may not be of much use to them if they're going to have the nights for LTP but be far away from the required years.