Originally Posted by
DesertRat
FWIW, 60 percent of my AA lifetime miles were actually from America West (1988-05), and another 30 percent were US Airways, so at least they went back a ways on those.
I washed a boatload of Amex MR into TWA's program right before the Advantage consolidation, that was another predecessor program.
LT PLT has certainly been devalued. What i like best about it now is the luggage allowance (applied to all pax on a record, with 2 kids and a nanny i routinely check 10 bags with no fees), and fee free BA seat assignments (especially the 744 UD.)