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Old Dec 26, 2016 | 10:32 am
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Originally Posted by sfozrhfco
SFO based flyers are really getting shafted. DL partnership ending, very few additional flights from AS, and now a bad exchange rate and mileage based plan making it less attractive to pay high F fares.

Oh well, it was nice run with VX but time to move on...

Originally Posted by Boraxo
Au contraire, as an occasional AS and VX flyer I'm quite thrilled. I now have a better shot at elite status and won't be splitting miles between two programs. I never fly DL (kind of the norm @SFO where there are many better choices) so I don't miss that option at all.
Agree, I think the integration has been very generous to the VX side - especially with a free year of additional status. During mergers the airlines tend to throw goodies to everyone in order the retain the customers through a period of change and uncertainty.
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