Danville1K:

The term "lazy Platinum" was coined, by that lunatic Boomer, to refer to the platinum that doesn't call ahead for an upgrade and ends up sitting in coach. It was used to illustrate that some people still fly Continental even if they don't get any upgrades. My point was to show that continental doesn't need to give these people upgrades, since they fly continental anyway. As opposed to the hard working gold or silver that if they dont get upgrades might jump ship to a different airline.