Originally Posted by
Neil791
I was of the same mindset with respect to being trapped in the AC bubble which has burst this year as my first time reaching E/*G as its been a complete waste with AC. Not only have i been skunked on the Aero-Lotto (trying to use eupgrades) but its also now become more difficult to retain the same status for next year.
At this point, i'm going to try and use up my eupgrade credits, make use of the lounge access and then credit to either UA or others as even though you fly AC you can still credit to them and not be left in the cold especially on long haul flights for minimal credited mileage as you do with AC
If you can't make the 50K threshold for next year, sign up for Aegean and you only need to post 19K for your *G card for all lounges worldwide.
If you want e credits you need to stick to AC and hit the 50K.
UG are very difficult even for SE's this year and will get worse as AC brings in new metal with a lot fewer J seats. Moved to UA for next year already. Tired of Aerolotto.
Depending on end mileage once past 100K in June with UA will look at other programs.