Originally Posted by
Carolinian
AA miles would definitely be worth more than most airlines. I thought about going there when the DL takeover made leaving NW necessary. The problem with AA, however, since I do a lot of TATL flying, is that TATL involves two bigs problems, Heathrow, the worst gateway airport in Europe, and BA, which often doesn't award miles on AA. Those are the two big downsides to AA. There are lot of positives like much better award avaibility and the one way tickets at half the miles.
I hear you... I love my AA miles for everything except Europe. I love UA when I'm booking paid travel to Europe....somewhat neutral on it for awards. There are tons of flights and easy connections through FRA and MUC, but between the Starnet blocking and the lack of XC/XF availability on the UA aircraft with the new premium cabins I feel like I have to fly a bit of a subpar product to get across the Atlantic.
I can't really gripe about the older C seats when I can get the confirmable SWU fares on UA metal for under $800 R/T. But if I'm dropping the recently-increased redemption levels in miles, I want a bit better product. At least let me book the LH/LX seats that are available.
