Originally Posted by
gatelouse
UA, keep that StarNet Blocking vampire in its coffin and you'll have a real winner in this enhancement!
(So who got this one past Smisek?)
^^
As long as StarNet Blocking stays minimal or non-existant, UA miles just got a LOT more valuable for me. Even though Award Accelerator is a bit of a rip, it has on occassion spit out 0.024-ish RDM price points before to get 11-13k miles; considering thats now a domestic one-way around on any *A partner, I'm suddenly more interested in that. It also allows me to do a cross-Pacific/cross-Altantic return as two separate tickets round-the-world-like ticket should I so choose.
While I still expect to be earning and redeeming miles on US via Grand Slam and the like, just due to US not having *net blocking, the future of UA is looking brighter as an elite. Add some good ways to earn more miles via non-flying,