Made gold last December and will be at Plat by mid November. I'm running about 75% on either the eua or at the gate, but because I fly from a hub to the west coast (las,lax,sfo or sea) there seems to be lot's of elite's. Out from lax in Sept. and there were 13 Plat's in front of me for the 8 seats that were showing in P the morning of the flight, so no upgrade.

For me the biggest difference should be 100% upgrade into F on all of my flights.

Have not had any issues this year as I've taken 4 award tickets out this year, 3 at standard rate and one mixed.

Planning a trip to the Med next spring so hoping that being Plat. might be worth something a little extra when I book.