Originally Posted by emcampbe

if you’re booking in Y, Silver gets E+ at checkin, but obviously irrelevant if up front. Silver will get you 7x (vs. 5x) MP miles on your trips (booked or flown by UA), as well as priority ahead of non-elites in IRROPS, plus a free 70lb. bag. That’s pretty much it these days. You’ll also get free SDC.

Gold would be a different equation. as a long time silver (and gold before that) my biggest fear about not hitting silver this year (and I may not) are the bag charges we’ll need to start paying (we travel with kids, so most trips, carry on doesn’t really work).