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Ditto
It is actually better to start with Gold and Upgrade to Plat, you get 30K miles (and sometimes there is a promotion of 50K) for the upgrade + double qualifying flights (i.e. 4 + 8), the only limit is you can only upgrade after 6 months.
I have the gold card right now, so might try to upgrade. Was just hoping for a similar promotion where the first year is very cheap.