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Old Jul 11, 2021 | 7:29 am
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Originally Posted by HNLbasedFlyer
If you are flying international, the PlusPoints difference between Platinum and 1K is substantial.
Originally Posted by united 1k flyer
Yes it’s worth it, plus points make life way easier.
Originally Posted by Artpen100
I found it very hard to use GPUs, now Plus Points, so I wouldn’t go out of my way to get there<snip>
Originally Posted by Kacee
$2k is a lot to spend for 1K. I personally don't find much value in it. My use of PlusPoints has been limited to occasionally saving $114 over buying F on PHX-SFO.<snip>
Originally Posted by Continited
Plus points makes it worth it.<snip>
Originally Posted by seanp7
Plus Points have been useless to me <snip>
LOL, gotta love FT, always clear as mud.

OP, I'm going to weigh in with a not worth it vote. However, my experience on FT is that when posters ask questions such as this, they really have already decided to pursue the status and really are just looking for other parties to agree with them, so my prediction is no matter how many "not worth it" votes you get, you will nonetheless pursue 1K.

As Kacee alluded to, if you believe as a 1K you will have a "whole year to take advantage of free upgrades" you might be in for an unpleasant surprise if travel returns to more normalized levels in 2022 and beyond. Certainly, there has been a nice window for complimentary upgrades on basically all the legacy carriers over the past year, but that window will, without question, eventually close.

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