I had a TP status for the last year matched from AA EXP in last years promotion after AA stopped the PHL flight...
I really tried giving El Al a chance in the beginning of the year flying several flights with them, HKG, BKK, AMS all in Y but wasn't really impressed in any of them, I was only upgraded one was to AMS nothing more then that...

As I do most of my flights in J, I was able to renew AA EXP, BA Gold and TK Elite easily while doing 715 points with LY...

I think that if I put all my flights together to LY (Probably would have paid much more) I am not sure I would have gone even Platinum, I am not even talking TP...

How do you guys get status? anyone here is Plat or TP? are there any sweet spots I am missing?

In 2016 I made mostly long trips, meaning I left IL 12-13 times, in 2017 that might change and I will do ~20 shorter trips, so I am trying to see if LY can be reconsidered somehow, I am booking my own flights so I have options but not at any price...

Please advice...