I hit platinum for next year sometime in June. I've had excellent luck with the new Nortwest perks until yesterday, when I got stuck in Manchester. Oh well.

Platinum still doesn't carry any weight with Continental for travel to Europe, as I just bought some tickets for New Years Eve.

On our return flight, all of the upgrade eligble seats are gone. What happened to the thirty day time frame for upgrades?

Does anyone have more info on the European upgrade process. They inform me that we're at the top of the waitlist to use 20,000 mile economy ticket upgrades.