Artists and their teams set ticket prices, which may be fixed or adjusted over time according to supply and demand. Platinum tickets give fans safe access to some of the most in-demand tickets, while enabling artists and other people involved in staging live events to price tickets closer to their true market value.
There is nothing comparable to algorithmic surge pricing in concert ticketing. Pricing in ticketing is a largely manual process of adjusting a small portion of the available inventory, typically the most in-demand seats in the house, to prices closer to the full market value revealed in resale markets.
No, these tickets are not part of a package.
Yes.
Official Platinum Seats are being sold for the first time at prices set by the artist and their team. They are not resale.