Originally Posted by
GadgetFreak
I hit a million miles on UA just before the merger. And with the merger saw that million mile status severely downgraded. I am about 25,000 miles from 2 million miles on AA, and lifetime, who knows. But probably not Platinum, or at least not second tier. Maybe third tier, next to worthless, or nothing.
I made 1MM at UA in 2010 and walked away from them at the end of 2011, solely because of the change in benefits for that tier (that's 1MM BIS miles for those not up on UA). I'm willing to give AA the benefit of the doubt right now that they're not going to mess with the million miler program, just as I am the EXP program, particularly in light of the changes they made a year or two back to limit lifetime status to flight miles.
If AA does match UA, when I do drop from EXP I'll just split my miles between the two of them. Not expecting that to happen for a few years, though.
Did US have a lifetime status tier(s)?