lrdpenn

I think PlusPoints sound nice because of the illusion of choice but offer little value. They're basically the same in the SWU department - 4 deep discount economy to business upgrades - and worse as a program because you need PlusPoints to upgrade on NYC-LAX/SFO. Sure you can use fewer PlusPoints if you have a higher fare but if you are chancing an upgrade, why pay more to use fewer PlusPoints? There's a few nice to haves in PlusPoints (e.g. option to upgrade to premium economy - which I would only use if business is full) but I wouldn't trade that for needing points to upgrade on transcon. If Plat Pro gets a SWU that's equivalent to 80 plus points which is 2x what UA gives platinums, beyond unlimited free upgrades on transcon.