I have no info for replacement in the UK, but in the meantime, my favorite MM is about a year old, and I use it regularly. When I first received it I cut an extra screen protector I had for my phone to size, and put that on the front and bottom plate. You can’t see or tell there’s a protector on it by looking at it, and my hardware still looks brand new a year later. I do this with with all hardware on my bags, and it works great.I'm in the U.K. and I've bought a preowned Favourite MM DE which is in fab condition but I would like a new front plate on it at some stage as it has the inevitable scratches. I'm sure I read somewhere that LV will replace these? Has anyone in the UK done so? Many thanks..