Originally Posted by
mikelat
Someone posted a quote in one of the threads in the combined AA/US forum (or one of the specific AA/US ones). I can't recall the thread so can't re-quote it.
Can you look?
And shouldn't it be in the T&Cs?
Originally Posted by
mikelat
Why would any FF program encourage you to use their benefits when crediting to another program?
Those are two entirely different things. The "benefits" have been earned, based on
past behaviour, and are granted for a limited time. As long as you are flying on a (partner) airline for which that pre-earned status allows you to have lounge access, why would that airline NOT give you the status benefits that you have already earned?
And it is not as if they are "encouraging you to use their benefits when crediting to another programme". By not crediting to the programme whose status benefits you are using, you are, effectively, making it harder for yourself to requalify for that status again.
But there are many valid reasons why you may want to do so. Frequent fliers may benefit from having status in more than one programme - even within the same alliance - or a flyer may decide that, due to the evolution of programme rules that moving to a different programme is the best solution for them. There is absolutely no reason why a flyer cannot decide to earn miles into a second programme while using the status benefits
that have already been earned and are in no way contingent to continued "loyalty" in a different programme.
Originally Posted by
mikelat
Benefits are tied to the program right?
No, they are not. The benefits of a programme are tied to
flying on that airline, or on any of its listed partners. Benefits can be obtained by showing a valid status card. Not all benefits are contingent on showing a boarding pass with that programme's number.
Originally Posted by
mikelat
So why give benefits to a diff FF number which is not entitled to those?
No-one is talking about giving benefits "to a diff FF number which is not entitled to those". The
person receives the benefits, not "a diff FF number".
Originally Posted by
mikelat
Not talking about OneWorld benefits, but program specific benefits. An AA EXP cannot use a US FF number and expect to be upgraded based on their EXP status they are not 'using'.
Indeed, there are certain privileges that are only extended when the "status" number is the one appearing on the booking. But many others - extra luggage, lounge admission, etc - do not require that the "status" number is in the booking. Only the card (together with a boarding pass on a valid partner airline) needs to be shown.