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Old Aug 26, 2012 | 1:24 am
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Originally Posted by inbruCHes
Hi all,

Very happy to have found this forum. I am a frequent traveler and long term Miles & More member. Having moved from Switzerland to the US (San Diego), I am now evaluating my options. Given that BA is the only airline flying directly from San Diego to Europe, I thought I'd look beyond Star Alliance into Oneworld - but no experience with them at all. Would be great to get some opinions.

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(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: I like Swiss. Don't like Lufthansa, as their business seats don't recline 180 degrees. Heard good things about BA, but never flown with them. UA is ok - nice that their seats recline 180 degrees. Generally open to other airlines, but need to have good business seats that lie flat.
Only one to consider: AA.
Forget about considering any other OW airline. You get AA miles on BA. A recent AA - BA ffp agreement has cross airline benefits

If you can book AA or AA codeshare and do the AA plat challenge you have a flying chance to get AA status
Look at the sticky threads on the top of AA forum: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/american-aadvantage-445/

There is a similar thread on the Star forum to ask about star airlines. But staying with your current program best as a first assessment
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