Originally Posted by
ptownca
Much to the chagrin of the AS elites, the VX elites are getting warmly welcomed with a nice sprinkling of bennies right away.
A good sign, but the real challenge is retaining the VX elites on AS metal as it currently exists.
Exactly. Despite being matched to MVP 75k, I have yet to take a flight on AS, credit VX flights to AS (lest I lose my Gold benefits on that flight), or have any plans to take an AS flight in the foreseeable future. Maybe when VX goes away, those routes are covered by AS, and there are no choices other than similarly bad hard products, then I'll choose the least of the evils and take AS (except when flying SFO-NYC). Until then, very doubtful.