And I also think they take into account that you will actually continue using them frequently. If you live in Israel thats going to be obvious to AS that you wont be using them very much
I know several Israeli tech execs who spend ~1 week per month on the west coast. Easy to imagine a plausible scenario why somebody with an address is Israel might be taking lots of LAX-SEA, SJC/SFO/OAK-SEA or SAN-SEA flights.
The is FT ! What is wrong with everybody ? Suggesting
paying for F instead of UGing ? Suggesting that its
not worth bothering with F ? this is
heresy ! Finding a hundred reasons why AS might not match, instead of helping the OP with ideas to help !
As far as U availability, what about connecting in PDX ?