I asked AA to match my LH SEN (*A Gold). Not expecting anything, I was pleasently suprised to see that AA had "elevated" me to their Gold status after my first trip on AA- now there's a nice welcome!
I used to fly UA for my weekly LGA-IAD-LGA and hated those CRJ's, so now I'm flying into DCA on AA and am a very happy camper with AA.
But, I still plan to do most of my international travel with LH/*A.
On to the Platinum Challenge!
BT