Is $1100 for American Platinum status worth it? I’m 14,000 miles away from achieving it but no place to travel to in a week

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No.

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How often do you fly and which routes? Unless it’s non-hub you won’t get upgraded much. Being able to pick the extra leg room seat upon booking is nice but not sure it’s worth 1K.

Will you be able to make plat next year? They usually do a challenge every year too

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And, actually. I’ll update my response to a plane (pun) “ no”. Upgrades are based on spend now, so you likely would be at the bottom of most lists, and you’d have to use you’re stickers, which you likely won’t accumulate very fast... so... no

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Absolutely not. Source: Exec plat, and I wouldn’t pay for this

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Nope. You still have all the Concierge Key and Executive Platinums ahead of you. Platinum may be good for one or two upgrades a year over gold.

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Unless you have clear use of the SWUs (e.g. I foy to Asia on family trips), then no

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Not worth it

I second DD1. Not unless you’re a non-hub

Definitely not. I'm plat and can tell you that on most flights I take it's an army of other platinums getting on at the same time, so no chance to get upgraded. Even on flights to tiny towns there's usually a few folks in the other 3 levels who take up whatever upgrade seats were available. I wouldn't pay $100 for it, much less $1100

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