Originally Posted by Solyesh

In same boat - currently at $79k PQD, would be over $90k but UA stopped flying to TLV during last month and I had two trips EWR-TLV which I had to switch to LY (interestingly enough LY proactively reached out to match my UA GS status with their TP (Top Platinum). Have 2 or 3 more transatlantic flights this year so depending on schedule should wind up around $90-95k (last year was $85k). I definitely like the UA hardware more than LY (just not as comfortable) and LY flying out of Newark B is a nightmare....but on the service side LY provides a personal account manager for their TP (and mine was already able to get me a lower priced business ticket than I found on-line as well as get a 4th bag fee waived); they also (for some strange reason) offer to escort their TP members from the counter to the lounge which I found a little strange (I am a big boy and I can walk) but it did help cut waiting time down) - over all it feels (it has only been three flights) like LY top customers get more benefits than UA GS (and now LY and Delta have a strategic partnership...so it will be interesting to see what Delta level would equate to LY TP and/or UA GS))