Originally Posted by
Sean Peever
I believe the real question should be why is it so low?
Could not agree more. I'm surprised it isn't a 50% of total mileage flown requirement. That would make more sense from a business perspective.
Originally Posted by
hearna
If you are flying 120k a year and only 2 segments on AC and everything else on UA, for example would it not make more sence to credit to UA and hit 1k to get earlier boarding, GPU's; etc.
It depends on one's situation. Say you fly mostly transborder flights on UA and most of those happen to be on RJs, but you also do two or three TATL or TPAC trips each year on AC. Then, it could be worth crediting miles to AE just so you can upgrade those long hauls. And, you would still get priority boarding and US lounge access with UA.