A LAX-SYD flight should have just made me Platinum if the flights posted in date order. However, unfortunately, a SYD-MEL flight from a couple of weeks before did not post in a timely fashion and posted after the LAX-SYD flight even though I flew it before then. Thus, I received the Gold 25% bonus for the LAX-SYD flight and the Platinum 100% bonus for SYD-MEL flight. Not ideal!

Is receiving the Platinum bonus for the flight that makes you Platinum an actual perk? Or just a computer hitch? If it is a perk, is it worth pursuing? It's a difference of 5,000 or so miles!