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Old Sep 17, 2019 | 6:26 am
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FTLexMUC
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Originally Posted by mrt88
Joined the program in October 2014, so about 5 years ago. So far at ~400k lifetime miles. Initially I did 50/50 UA vs. LH travel as I do prefer them to fly with, so I missed out on a bunch of lifetime miles. Now moved over to mostly UA on the intercontinental legs. When on points I'll redeem on other carriers though.

UA makes it quite a bit harder vs. AA for lifetime miles by excluding the rest of *A (similarly on the PQD front by not giving them on non-016 tickets). My behavior is as a result exactly as they want it to, strongly prioritizing UA spend over other *A.
I am in a similar boat. Initially all LH with SEN Status, then flying UA and crediting to LH. Then fly a lot of LH credited to UA for status because I preferred the experience. . Only once I started chasing GS I really focused on UA metal. While I did like LH (and in particular that stretch of time when you could upgrade P fares via GPU to F) GS is worth it and I wish I’d focused on it earlier.

Only at 892k LTM. Hope to get to 1MM mid next year. My wife would sure like the GS status as well.
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