Glad you made it home safely!
Congrats on the Plat! Interesting that they said that the gold or plat is "safer" when traveling overseas. It's nice of them of waive the AF. Next year if you don't want to pay the $450, you could always PC to a gold. Of course you'll probably love the plat perks.
EQ FICO 750 | TU FICO 761 (Walmart) | EX FAKO 767 | Goal: 800+
Edits, funky spacing and spelling due to my iPad not getting along with the forum editor!