Originally Posted by
ashill
To me, there isn’t much competition. Mileage Plan, in its somewhat-devalued state, remains clearly the best (least bad?) of the US frequent flyer programs, at least for someone for whom the AS network is useful. ....
....In the current environment, you don’t have to be good (by the standards of even a few years ago) to be the best.
This is what motivated my vote.
In addition, the ability to earn up 350% miles in Business on BA (and even higher in F) is unmatched. Plus, as someone mentioned, a free stopover en route to Asia for 60k in J and 70k in F (CX and JL) is nothing to scoff at.