Originally Posted by
nimag
Hey guys,
Need some advice. I'm exec plat on AA and 1K on UA. I'm not going to be flying enough to get both next year, so I have to choose one or the other.
What are your thoughts? Has anyone else had this dilemma and chose one after trying both?
1. I fly a lot from SFO->JFK/BOS/ORD
2. Internationally, my primary flight is SFO->LHR
For vacations, I'd really like to fly to Asia/Europe and use SWUs. That's the real sweetener for me.
What I see right now:
1. United PS doesn't allow upgrades, but you can use regional upgrades on them, which is nice. I'll probably get plenty of these from flying.
2. AA doesn't fly directly to Europe from SFO except via BA, and you can't use SWUs on those flights. But I've heard they're nice anyways.
3. Lufthansa is supposed to be one of the best airlines, but so is Cathay pacific, and they are on opposite sides of the fence.
4. My AA upgrade frequency from SFO->JFK was not that high.
welcome to FT. There are some really good threads on the UA and AA forum about this topic that you will find via the search function. However with your specific case my thoughts are that you stick with UA. This is because UA has economy plus that you will always get which will help you with your flights to JFK, which AA does not have and it seems like you spend a lot of time in economy with AA on that route. Also the nonstop on UA will be much better to LHR than connecting via AA. Plus UA has better options via Star Alliance.