I have been a loyal member of BA using them exclusively for transatlantic and inter European travel now for the past two decades. For my money they are the best airline in the world (and I have done the majority of my miles in economy, some biz class travel no F travel).

I am still doing a lot of transatlantic travel and plan on doing a fair amount of travel outside the US in the next two decades to all parts of the world(between 6-8 long hauls a year) However, my home base will be in the US though not sure where yet (will likley be somewhere on the West Coast/Pacific NW).

If I flew on AA I would be an EP, or on UA I would be a 1K, but because I fly on BA cheap fares with no tier points just miles and do domestic travel on AA(very comfortable) also on cheap fares for BA miles I am still a lowley blue (blue is right ) tier BA memember and I can't even use their lounges. Also no upgrades in the mail or inflight. No bonus for earning a million miles in your account etc.

I know Merry always says that BA doesn't much care for people like me who pay for these discount tickets and I don't blame them as we are not that great a source of revenue but given what I could get from other airlines I am starting to wonder if I am just being stupid to stick with them.

Upgrades for domestic travel is nice but not that important to me but being able to upgrade long hauls (especially on fares cheaper than Full fare economy) is very important to me as I am starting to do US to Asia travel next year.

Would anyone care to share why they think I should switch from BA and to which Domestic carrier? Also a comparison between BA's and that carriers biz and F class service for international long hauls would be helpful as that is the product that I would be really be switching.



[This message has been edited by Mvic (edited 09-13-2000).]