FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Is it worth it to stretch for Plat (over Gold)? [2017 Consolidated]
Old Dec 15, 2017 | 6:41 pm
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3ch0
 
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: San Francisco
Programs: United Mileage Plus Gold/50k, Air Canada Aéroplan
Posts: 13
Originally Posted by wco81


i fly out of SFO but mostly TATL and some TPAC.

i don't see getting upgrades on any international flights unless you're 1K or GS. Certainly not unpaid upgrades.

so I don't try to qualify for more than Gold. Last couple of years I made sure to attain Gold and did the rest of the flights on awards, either on UA or other programs where I had miles.
I hear you.
I mainly fly domestic, all over the US for work, all in Economy. So I see Platinum as helping make flying just that little more bearable, and BG1 is the thing to do it.
Complimentary upgrades on a yearly vacation would be great, but I don't see that happening anyway.
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