Amex Marriott Bonvoy Premium CC

[TJKansai]

This year I will make Plat again on the cheap (about $400 for 4 nights).

30 from credit cards
2 from credit card award nights
2 from spend bonuses ($5,000=1)
10 from 2x5 night reward stays (blew through about 350,000 points though)
4 from paid stays
2 from paid stay 2 for 1 bonus

[RetireJapan]

This year I will make Plat again on the cheap (about $400 for 4 nights).

30 from credit cards
2 from credit card award nights
2 from spend bonuses ($5,000=1)
10 from 2x5 night reward stays (blew through about 350,000 points though)
4 from paid stays
2 from paid stay 2 for 1 bonus

Very nice. I just found out CC nights count toward lifetime status, so will be lifetime Silver next year, and (assuming we ever travel again) lifetime Gold soon(ish) and lifetime Platinum doesn't seem impossible any more.