deelmakur and Vulcan,

I didn't come up with that figure of 2-3K Plats. It was given to me by a CO agent on the Elite line: 2-3K Plats, 25K Golds, 75K Silvers.

It may be right or wrong. I've really got no idea. And we have all gotten so much conflicting and contradictory information from the Elite line that we all are skeptical of almost anything they tell us.

Nevertheless, his numbers are the only solid figures I've seen from anyone. Although I've heard a lot of criticism of these numbers (which may very well be justified), no one has put forth any alternate figures based on anything substantive.

If there are "30,000 minimum" Plats, do you seriously believe there are only 25,000 Golds and 75,000 Silvers? That would be even more ridiculous! Common sense dictates that there are far more Golds than Plats.

I think we get a skewed idea of how many Plats there are because of the large number of Plats here. However, bear in mind that the typical FlyerTalker is most definitely not the typical Elite, much less the typical flyer.

And also, it's logical to see far more Plats flying, way out of proportion to their numbers, simply because Plats fly a lot more.

Regardless of whether you accept the numbers given me by the CO agent, the premise that Plats are a small percentage of all CO Elites still stands!

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