A conversion factor of 1.8 sounds great. On the other hand, I think that unfortunately it's realistic to believe that we will have to start paying double miles to get the flights we want. I doubt very much that they will give a 100% platinum bonus while retaining the current policy of expanded award availability for RoyalWings. Likely, they will argue that the purpose of the 100% bonus is for platinum members to afford paying double miles for "anytime awards." While it will be neutral for future miles earned by platinum members it will effectively depreciate the value of any current (comped) miles.