Originally Posted by
ung1
Why should anyone bother qualifying for Plat unless they have to, given how crappy the benefits are? I'd rather rack up Gold status on the alliances, or just fly less EK but in better cabins.
At least once the program is launched we'll have an idea of the unpublished benefits
My guess is Because many of us that are/will be Platinum are already always flying paid F/J and are not in it for the "benefits" but for just the award tickets.
I have always been amazed how easy it is to attain Gold on EK (I've done it on 3 one ways) and there is NOTHING Gold or Platinum will give me that I don't get with my paid tkt anyway. I assume the F lounge access is nice for those that fly mostly on J fares but other then that EK has quite a lot of premium passengers and the ONLY reason they even bother with Skywards is a few free trips a year are nice to use ourselves or give to family / friends