I think you missed what is surely the biggest perk of them all.

15% off the Spa.

followed closely by, if you have a decent purser, first dibs at the (F first) chocolate tray.

jackiedada I think has the right perspective - it’s not really about Plat, it’s about the incremental benefits above Gold, especially as the major benefit, F lounge access, can simply be bought with 105 USD (assuming Gold/J).

I think I will drop Platinum this year and just do Gold as my flying programme for the year on EK will not naturally requalify, and additional spend on flights is more expensive than dozens of F lounge visits. An additional 5KG of baggage, while it’s useful to me as I do check baggage sometimes and sometimes to the max, again, I could just buy Skywards+. It’s unlike other airlines with significant additional baggage for a top tier flyer on own metal.

Is the Gold call center the same as Platinum now?