Originally Posted by
aacharya
Don't forget:
25% Mileage Bonus
* Silver status on *A airlines (if you fly US a lot, for example)
Elite Security (when not flying UA)
Elite Boarding (YMMV on this one for other airlines. Silver is slightly ahead of the credit card boarding zone)
Or just fly 20k on A3 and you'll have *G and won't have to put up with any of the silver crap.
UA will treat a *G better than a Silver at least.