Originally Posted by
canadiancow
It's too hard to gain status then.
I live in the US, and all my flying that can be on AC, is on AC. But the Star Alliance proposition breaks down as soon as you tell me my domestic US flights can't count for status on AC, and my domestic AC flights can't count for status on UA.
They do count for status, just not the minimums. People have to learn to write this properly.