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Join Date: Jul 2002
Location: MCI
Programs: AA Gold 1MM, AS MVP, UA Silver, WN A-List, Marriott LT Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 53,012
Unless something's changed in the past couple of months, AA Gold boards similarly to UA or US low-tier. After F and high-tier elites, but ahead of the general crowd.
You *may* share a group with the credit-card-holding group. I'm never quite sure about that. But even flying in/out of DFW with lots of elites, I've never been forced to gate-check a carryon as an AA Gold. Pretty sure it also gets elite security access as well...
I don't see why this would go away with the US merger.