Originally Posted by
trooper
Just in case the point has been missed... If you open a FF account with each *A airline you fly and book flights crediting to each respective program you will end up with a bunch of accounts each with small mile/point balances.
You CAN credit ALL your *A travel to one *A FF program....in your case since you are G with UA that would be the best place to credit.
+1
While I maintain several *A accounts (AC, NH, SQ, AV) in order to search for award space and/or book awards using transferred UR/MR points, in almost all instances I credit paid *A flights to my home program (UA) for mileage earning.
Small balances in multiple accounts is a really bad outcome, particularly since many of these programs have non-extendable expiration periods.