Originally Posted by
aster
So flying (or buying) your way to Gold ensures that you escape the Basic tier for at least two years.
On a side note, I have an upcoming flight from LPA to HEL which has no official Premium Economy although it has the PE seats (A350) and they are bookable, albeit at a fee. So PE seat but economy soft product I take it. Will they provide the good noise-cancelling headphones though, or just the economy variant?
Just economy ones. I think it's the same in J also. At least on other sh widebody routes that's the case.