Well, a benefit I found out on Monday was in case of weather delays/irrops, LH will put *Gold up in a hotel with meals. *silver - no such luck. I was still a 1P on Monday - they put me up at the FRA Sheraton, even though it was a weather problem. (btw, the RCC staff wouldn't even talk to me - said I had to talk to LH even just to rebook flights, even though my FRA-SFO flight was on UA - )