And with UA. UA offers Premier Access to *Silver, as well as priority boarding and 1 free piece of checked baggage., IIRC.
For the NA flyer like me, the 35k tier works great as I fly solely domestic and transborder, AC and UA only. UA is decent to *Silvers.
For US lounge access I already have Priority Pass with my Amex Plat, which gets me and a guest in free in virtually any major US airport.
Looks like 35k will work great, I'm nearly there.
But will you have enough eupgrades for your AC travel next year?
plus you lose priority bag tags (like it ever works anyhow)