Originally Posted by
srallen
...just a little more info - Scott & Bruce are married and it doesn't matter if one owes the other miles. I see the point about having 20k left-over United miles. Longer-term goal is to have enough miles for two first-class to India, which probably means abandoning United and keeping American miles towards that goal... Any other thoughts?
I don't have much of an answer to help you figure out your flights. Just stick to cards which you can apply to any program, like AMEX SPG. Also you might consider trying to get one of you over the 1 or 2 million mile mark on American. You're close enough that in a couple years you could do it. That would give you status when flying which means lounge access and the like, especially at 2 million.
hope that helps,
evan
ps so nice to see gay married couples show up in flyertalk..