Hey all. I was able to find a few golden tickets (no platinum tickets on my server during my online times)
Couple of tips for finding a golden ticket
1) go where others are not. In other words, if everyone is near crusader, don't be searching crusader area
2) bunker's seem to have a high chance of dropping a ticket, BUT...the ticket can be in the inventory slot of a backpack or a piece of armor (chest, legs) or anything else that can contain items. Don't assume that if you don't see it in the main loot screen that it isn't there.
3) Check EVERY box, every building at a location. I've seen a ticket in the Hydroponics section and another in the habitat section. I've also seen a loot box in the storage section that could have contained it.
4) make sure it transfers to your inventory, not the local inventory of the place you looted it from (ask me how I know)
5) to activate the golden ticket, go back to a city that has a ship rental kiosk. Have the ticket in the inventory of your person (worn armor, backpack, etc). I am not sure it will work if carried or in local planet inventory
6) Once at the rental kiosk, "use" the kiosk. You will get a message saying you have been given a rental of the ship for 1 day and now have the ability to buy it. You will not see it in the rental list. It might take a few minutes, but it will show up next at the ASOP terminal.
7) I believe this is tradable, so if you find one and don't want it or already have one, you can give it to another member of Test or some other friend/random player.
IMPORTANT
8) The ship cannot be CCUed to, it (currently) cannot be CCUed from. It cannot be gifted. It can be melted, and current reports have it showing up in buy back. I don't know if you can use a second ticket to buy a second ship, reports are conflicting and might be due to bugs. You CAN buy an F8C if you have one from a concierge reward.
9) If you decide to purchase it and hit "back" or continue shopping and interrupt the buying process, you might not see the ability to buy it again from the page. To find it, check your billing and subscriptions page. It's probably waiting to complete the transaction there.