Originally Posted by
SychoSly
I am thinking of getting both the US Airways CC and an AA CC...I can easily have a quick 70k point head start into the game.
You could take either route on this: earn and burn (before any possible devaluation of miles occurs) or save the miles and combine them in the near future.
Myself, I would let the mile totals combine when the programs combine; that way you'll have a significant total that will give you a lot of options for travel.