Originally Posted by manstein58

What is left is the following:
1. Dedicated check at 5 airports- devalued due to CLEAR;
2. Priority boarding but increasingly frequent disregard of this by GA's;
3. First choice (sometimes) of inedible food;
4. Dedicated phone line manned (mostly) by agents with little or no experience;
5. Gifting status;
6. Priority in upgrades but this becoming rarer because of Clampetts and "bait & switch" plus points;
7. Option to upgrade companion one way on Polaris provided stars align and you can find an agent who knows how to do this