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Old Nov 7, 2013 | 1:06 pm
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Originally Posted by sahiljain22
With Aegean only I just count those miles as wasted.
She can use Aegean miles to get to Europe or within the US, right? But she would also become *G right away which would give her a couple of years of expedited check in, boarding, and lounge access. (Heck, if she flies every two years and earns 22k miles, she'll keep Aegean *G forever?)

My default choice right now is UA, but she'll never hit the miles or spend for *G on UA.

But if the Aegean miles are useless (that's my question?) then the calculus changes. Why do you call them wasted?
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