Originally Posted by
jediwho
I have AA Platinum status and am shooting for Exec next year. But, after that (so starting 2018) I won't care for AA status give the recent devaluation.
For me, I put around 50 to 60K miles through business and personal flying and the reason for shooting for Exec Platinum was/is the 8 SWUs for international flights and 2x RDMs would offset some of the cost of mileage running.
My question is: Are there any benefits of MVP Gold 75K status on non Alaska international flights operated by EK, Cathay, etc.? I know the 4 SWUs works only on AS metal and their RDM benefits are the most generous.
Thanks!
Id expect reduced earnings for AA flights credited to AS in the near future to correlate with the start date on AA reductions. For 75K using partners you need 90K EQM so its ~50% more miles than what you fly.
As to benefits on partners, they seems to be trying to add lounge access when traveling internationally but now that's on EK and HU. no other benefits.