Thanks you guys for the help.

The $700 is not totally used for the status upgrade, and I believe the seat upgrade has a bigger portion of it. I’ll move from PY to J. How do u guys evaluate the value of the bigger seat, by the way.

I don’t live in a big city so every time I have an international flight requires another domestic flight. There’s also a fun issue here, and probably why I want to get the 35k, which is about lounge access. For example, if I fly from YUL-YVR for an international flight from YVR, can I use the lounge in YVR, as long as I do not leave the domestic departure area.

Last but not least, as you kindly asked whether I may get 50k, it would request another mileage run in PY. The answer is no, temporarily, since I have to see my winter schedule first. BTW, do you think 50k is worth for a mileage run? (May cost up to 2000)