California - SAN - IAD ::: Which airline?

HI Guys,

Last June I made AA gold via challenge and immediately lost my job, so never ever flew on the elite status. Never boarded the plane in group 1... never even got the upgrade certs as it was challenge... and the status will go away in feb...

Now I am finally getting another career which will have me fly SAN - IAD very frequently, Atleast 2 roundtrips a month. Should I continue AA, or should I go with UA's nonstop service? Is there anything fast track with UA like challenge of AA? What about NW, CO, DL, AW. I wanna stick with one airline system...

Thanks for your feedback.

Personally, I'd start flying UA. Nonstop service shaves about 2 hours of flight time off the schedule. That's a lot when you are regularly flying long haul. Also, UA is the only airline that has E+ seating which you can use once you have status. It's really nice to have a few extra inches of legroom.

UA might comp you premier based on AA gold - but why waste your one lifetime comp. You might have greater future need.

Thank you so much for your insight... I love UA over AA for better equiped aircraft (movies and ch9). I wont mind building status with them. Plus I have family in Chicago and can use them into Chicago from everywhere.