Originally Posted by
Ferluq
Thanks for the reply,
I understand the core benefits concept, what I'm questioning is precisely the fairness in extending AA GLD, or other categories for that matter, benefits to other alliance members that do not reciprocate said benefits.
Well you do get two out of three, you get the priority seating too, even though it is not immediately obvious you get it at check in.
It's a fair question that you make, but you could say it isn't a matter of reciprocating said benefits so much as extending their own benefits to other One World elites. The former I don't think is practical, the latter I think is fair and is generally what happens
I only fly BA, IB, AA and LA and out of those 4, I am pretty certain that AA is the only one that grants priority boarding to its rubies. Yes I agree it is very generous of them to extend that to other One World elites. At the same time it is probably easier to extend it than to discriminate.
Airlines operate in different markets and I don't think it is realistic to expect each of them to reciprocate other airlines' elite benefits.