Originally Posted by
nmpls
FWIW, the SEA Centurion Club has massive capacity issues. Like they hand out those buzzers you see at restaurants so you can wait in the terminal until it opens up.
Are you serious? You mean there's no guarantee you can get into Centurion even if you have the Platinum card? How often does that happen? I've never ever been turned away at United Club, even when it was massively packed.
Originally Posted by
Austin787
Being loyal to an airline makes sense if you're based in a hub city. Otherwise, free agency can be awesome - I speak from personal experience
Okay, 1 vote for free agency!
Although SEA is a hub for AS and sort of a hub for DL, AS' program is limited for someone with my travel pattern and DL's program stinks.
Originally Posted by
CIT85
Hilton was the first hotel to go with dynamic award pricing, making Hilton HHONORS points worthless. If you think collecting Hilton points is of value, then your arguments are illogical.
I disagree, and morevoer your argument is an oversimplification of how one should assess a program/cc package.
It's all about your own redemption valuation for the program's points and how you earn majority of your miles/points.
I value Hhonors at 0.7cpp, which translates to 4.9cents for every $1 of dining/travel spending on Aspire, 2.1cents for every $1 of miscellaneous spending on Aspire.
I used to value M+ at 1.8cpp, which translates to 2.7cents for every $1 of all non-UA spending on UA Club Card. Now, with reduced ability to use M+, I have to downgrade my M+ valuation. Haven't decided on my new valuation, but if it's down to 1.4cpm, then UA Club Card is already inferior to Aspire.