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Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SFO
Programs: AC SE MM, BA Gold, SQ Silver, Bonvoy Tit LTG, Hyatt Glob, HH Diamond
Posts: 44,435
Living in SFO with a lot of Aeroplan miles, I find it nearly impossible to get anything reasonable on UA until a few days (or hours) before departure.
XN space gets eaten up by UA members long before X is available to partners.
I is just hard to find in general.
I know you want to close your card, but transferring from a bank program to an airline program should probably be on an as-needed basis (i.e. you see availability and want to book it right now). Transferring everything in the hopes you'll find something is just going to leave you disappointed.