My question concerns traveling as a ST Elite when you don't actually have your Silver/Gold/Platinum card with you. I am currently a Gold Medallion (ST Elite) on Delta and my last trip of the year is on AF over Christmas YUL-CDG-JNB in mid December and JNB-CDG-YUL on Jan. 1/2.

The outbound leg will put me over the 75.000 mile requirement for Delta Platinum Medallion (Elite Plus) and while I know the computer system will reflect the change, I obviously won't have my Platinum card yet with me on the return.

So, has anyone ever encountered any problems with things such as lounge access because they didn't have their physical platinum card with them? Also, do boarding passes reflect Elite Plus status?

Thanks in advance,

DLinYUL