Originally Posted by
91StealthES
Hello all,
I haven't been here in a while and was just parousing throught thinking of getting away from United.
What is the *A everyone keeps mentioning?
Thanks
Welcome to FT !
*A stands for Star Alliance in which UA is already included as you know.
For your 1P status, Northwest will match you up to their mid tier Gold Elite. American will only offer you a challenge up to Platinum for which you have to pay
On some routes Alaska Airlines can make sense which matches up to MVP Gold.
You being based in ORD I guess it doesnt make much sense to escape to anyone else than AA. You dont really want to fly NW via MSP or DTW when the weather makes your life difficult enough in ORD (and these short flights are the first that get cancelled).
Hope that helps !
Cheers,