FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - What are AA 🔹Platinum / PLT Benefits? Are they worth it? (master thd)
Thread: What are AA 🔹Platinum / PLT Benefits? Are they worth it? (master thd)
View Single Post
Old Dec 21, 2014 | 10:54 am
  #179  
mre5765
FlyerTalk Evangelist
10 Countries Visited
20 Countries Visited
30 Countries Visited
15 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: SJC, SFO, YYC
Programs: AA-EXP, AA-0.41MM, UA-Gold, Ex UA-1K (2006 thru 2015), PMUA-0.95MM, COUA-1.5MM-lite, AF-Silver
Posts: 13,436
Originally Posted by swajames
I personally think it's worth it. OW lounge access is huge if you fly intentionally, you'll have a much better upgrade chance. These days gold on American isn't what it once was.
How does OW lounge access get one upgrades?

Having "enjoyed" the OW lounge in LAX, I disagree about "huge". Unless you mean huge crowding. QF and BA lounges are the same.

CX lounges are good though. As others have written, there are cheaper ways than spending $1200 to get into a CX lounge, and besides which in HKG there are other lounge choices you can enjoy by paying a fee at the time.

OP should credit next year's 100K miles to AAdvantage, and get free lounge access by mid year. In the mean time, spend a few dollars buy all day lounge passes as needed or just get an amex plat card, and use the fee credit to drive net cost to $250. Pays for it self on five journeys., domestic or international. In 2016 he can enjoy F class lounges for free.
mre5765 is offline  
Reply