Originally Posted by
paraty
I'm currently Gold on Mileageplus and I have been awarded Gold on the new Connect Miles program. Living in Panama, I mostly fly Copa. I'm only 10k away from getting Platinum on United. Should I keep allocating my miles to Mileageplus until I reach that level? I have 18 months to accumulate miles on Copa though..
I would stick with UA to hit Plat, then ask for status match on CM. You can still use your UA RPUs on Copa flights.