Originally Posted by
cringle
The benefits to AS were not reciprocal, and unnecessary, since the VX program will be ended at the end of the year.
And its a bad move, because Alaska elites like me are booking away because American gives us better benefits than we get on Virgin. Baggage fees, seat fees, and paying for movies & whatnot on VX make VX/AS price higher than AA.
I fly frequently between the "two" Orange Counties - and lost my AS codeshare on AA because VX flies once a day.