So I status matched to VX gold since I had a flight today. Wasn't very impressed. First of all, no free or even discounted first class upgrades for gold. With AA I can use coupons if I'm gold or plat, or complimentary for exp. Then the whole MCS seats, VX says they have space available upgrades to MCS, I don't understand when they become available. At check in, there were a couple available, but needed to pay. Then baggage claim, VX doesn't have priority baggage tags for gold status. Half the bags came out then the other half came out about 15 min later. My bag wad in the second half. AA has priority baggage tags, although not always the first ones out, but most of the time. Also, there was no recognition of status on the flight by flight attendants, no free snacks or premium drink, which isn't such a big deal, but I would've loved some free jerky or a GnT. So I think I'll stay with AA, since I can waitlist for FC, if I don't get it, then I can stick with a bulkhead seat and they have lie flats on most of their international and transcon flights.