Originally Posted by
Shareholder
I have always found that when I book a UA flight number where the metal is AC, the flight show in my account as an AC flight and not a UA one. And I do not get credit for my 10K thresholds since it is not UA metal.
You are correct. Only UA metal earns e500 upgrades.
And other poster are correct that UA-W does not equal to AC-W, so you should receive the full 800 miles EQM & RDM when traveling on AC metal.