Originally Posted by
bocastephen
Basically, it sounds like neither partner's Elites will get many upgrades on the other's flights....but there is no question that the home airline's Elites should get upgraded first unless some sort of CO/NW-like arrangement is planned.
That's how I understand it, and I think it would be a difficult sell to DL medallions to do it the CO/NW way, since there is no way that AS would upgrade DL DMs ahead of their own MVPG75s, despite the fact that they require an extra 50k miles per year to qualify.