The new Global Upgrades are the only possibilities DM's have to get an upgrade for international or transcon, and since they get only four of them (one way each), DM's can only get complimentary upgrades on two RT's. If they use them on international (which would be my choice), they won't have any left to get transcon upgrades. The difference between that and what we have today is that DM's (and PM's, GM's, even FO's, actually) had a fair shot (though slim) of getting a transcon complimentary upgrade every time they flew. Now, hardly anyone (other than non revs) will ever get upgraded on transcon. So that is a big reduction in benefits.