Originally Posted by
Efilon87
Wonderful. Is *A silver worth it, at least for the time being? I'll end up going for Gold at some point...
To be honest with you -- it's not really worth it unless you really want to check a bag for free on US. That's basically the only benefit.
The real benefits start at Gold, lounge access (even domestically) being the big one. You only need 16K miles within a year of hitting Silver.