I am gold with 57K EQM. I am on a flight to asia that will give me 20K EQM. Thus, after the trip I will have be Platinum.

Is it possible to get boosted to Platinum ahead of my itinerary? The big reason I booked on Continental vs. Emirates (which was cheaper) was for the EQMs. So it would be nice to get the perks of platinums since that is what I am going for.

My departing fare (M fare) has a platinum elite upgrade fare. So I'm not currently getting it (as I am gold). This isn't too big a deal to me since its the first 3hrs on a 50hr round-trip journey done in Economy and I have exit row seats.. its the return part where being gold is solid... I am more weary after a 15hr flight from Asia in economy.. it would be great to have good shot for upgrades at that time (return fare isn't M fare either, I think it is H).

Continental has boosted me in past to silver when I was 2K miles short of silver with 2-3 flights booked coming up. Being 18K short with 20K miles ahead of you isn't theoretically different.. but 18K short is a bigger number than 2K...

Any advice? ^

Thanks