Will hit PlatPro this week and now thinking not to bother with EXP (had EXP for 10 years -prior UA1K for 15+ years). As PlatPro still has no major changes for 2025 I’ll shift to * Alliance for flights as needed and keep only PPro each year (Lifetime UA Plat 2MM) and on many out my flights * flights in discounted business are beating my AA/BA attempts at paying for Biz. Still get OW Emerald and Flagship access

Have had only 50% of domestic upgrades clear last 90 days so no reason to be an EXP domestic - not seeing why I would give AA more money to sit in PY on Intl trips when I see better biz fares on * in many cases sometimes a few hundred dollars to what AA is doing in PY (See the rare off season discounted business fare but too many leisure travelers in premium cabins make that rare on AA more )