FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Is it worth it to stretch for Plat (over Gold)? [2017 Consolidated]
Old Sep 27, 2017, 3:48 am
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Originally Posted by Repooc17
I would tend to agree. That said, does the equation change is one is short by 1/3 less ($200)?
I think it's worth $200. But worth noting, I don't think I would do it for even $0 if it involved shipping out on SFO-SIN-SFO in Y

I generally agree with jsloan in that the status tiers with meaningful benefits are Gold, 1K, and GS. Plat is worth $180 of miles (9k RDM on a good day; if you're waiving your PQD this is less), BG1 (dubious value), and 2x RPU (worth $600 in the best of circumstances). And that's it.

A realistic value for the RPUs are a lot lower (for $300 each you could just buy up TCONs with much higher fidelity), so I'd say Plat is worth maybe $300 over Gold.
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