I think Jon's warning would have to be taken to be correct - the note suggests the actual elite bonuses are subject to revision prior to the actual date of go-live. I would imagine that even the most optimistic individual (that would be me) would be surprised if we didn't go to a 25/50/100 bonus structure, so plats would earn less.

The interesting fact is that on a cheap-ish premium fare, like a BA ex-Dub F or J fare which, to the west coast, can be had for 3.4k or 2k respectively on a good day, we could be choosing between more miles, less EQMs on BA-coded flights vs less miles, more EQMs on AA-coded flights. Unless SWUs really matter, this would probably push me to book BA.