Totally in agreement that the SE benefits are minimal, in fact a reduction. Of the 3 packages I would take the 8 SWUs, and could not care about the other benefits (MLL passes, oh how very generous!).

The only real benefit for SEs is a lower requalification threshold! The disadvantage for SEs is less certs!

Agree, there are options and AA wants us! OneWorld is just about as good as *A which is poor at SE recognition on other carriers. LH is about the only one that shows the occasional u/g out of courtesy!