mia

In the parallel thread in the Continental section:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/conti...pt-2011-a.html

There is a link to this NY Times blog:

http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/...th-continental

Which offers this explanation: Starting Dec. 1, you can register your favored airline with Amex and it will waive up to $200 in fees (like those for baggage checking, in-flight food purchases, airport club day passes and flight changes) with that airline each year.

If this is accurate the key is to know if there is a short picklist of participating carriers or if it there will be a broad choice. I doubt most of us would choose our favorite airline, because many fees are waived with elite status.