Originally Posted by
dave67
I was told by Marriott that if I was ever short my stays, I could use 50,000 points to buy back Platinum. That might be an option for you.
In my experience the difference between Gold and Platinum is not enough to shell out 50000 points unless I would know I had 100+
stays in FS properties to recoup my points 500 at a time for my Platinum amenity gift.
Keep your points and enjoy being gold.