Originally Posted by
moe8555
Yeah, my take on the credit has always been that it's best for a secondary airline that you may fly irregularly and lack status with. And let's face it, a little research in "creative" ways to use the credit goes a long way.
A lot of the creative ways are no more.
And yes, I will be using one of my credits (have Plat and Aspire) for my primary airline (AS) for premium seats and/or drinks. As a free agent, I have multiple secondary airlines (AA, UA, and DL) and don’t really know yet which ones I will fly this year. I will probably pick Delta since they have extended leg room seats I could pay for (no status) while I’d get E+ for free on United (MM Gold status).
A helpful compromise between the current reimbursement scheme and the CSR-style any-travel-counts approach for me would be if your incidentals reimbursement wasn’t restricted to a single airline.