I was getting a little worried about the opened avaliability for Hawai'i upgrades using Plat Points, but from what I've read, they can't be redeemed on Sat. and Sun.
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Hawaii Upgrades are permitted on flights solely on Northwest Airlines for travel between the 48 United States and Hawaii. Travel is not permitted on Saturday or Sunday. </font>
Also, it should be noted that gifted elite status would be good till Feb. 2006 -- that's quite a long time! Anyone wanna trade on the CC?
In general, I think it's a great idea to reward higher revenue Plat elites (e.g., Radiocycle) with more perks, but I'm very frustrated at the fact that there will be less F seats left around for us gold and silver riff-raff. Oh well... at least I'm not flying those (C)rummy(O)ther airlines.
aloha