User blog comment:Rampantlion513/BattleNews June 21st, 2012/@comment-4552780-20120701020548/@comment-1990578-20120701194001

If you were planning on getting all the expansions for BF3 anyways, then definitely get Premium as it will save you money and give you some bonus features. If you only play the game casually however, better to probably avoid Premium.