Originally Posted by
CityGirl17
discontinue my FF account on one of these airlines since they're part of the same alliance
I'm not an expert on which airline has better elite status, however, Continental has announced that at some date, it plans to leave the SkyTeam alliance and join the Star Alliance (United and US Air). Don't know when that is to occur. So you might want to keep your elite status on both since at some date, they will be in 2 different alliances.