Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
You are boned. Just like when AA bought US and US flights were never able to be credited to AS, VX flights will never be able to be credited to AA. Once VX is gone and they are all AS flights you will be OK, just like when US stopped having flights. US was never an AS partner and VX isn't an AA partner. That's how it works. Sorry.
Sorry, but keep up hope.
A little more than a year ago, I flew VX and thought that I wasted the frequent flyer miles earned. Not so. I eventually got a 10,000 mile AS bonus and traded the VX points for slightly more AS miles that the distance flown (VX points were awarded based on airfare).