Originally Posted by
tkelvin69
Currently LT PLT on AA. Don't plan on making the minimum spend on AA for OWE so I'm considering changing programs with the following:
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(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
AA LT PLT 400,000 miles
BA 100,000 miles
AS 135,000 miles
UA 100,000 miles
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
None, AA.
I was thinking that AS might be the best shot at OWE for first class lounge but accruing and using miles is more important.
Thanks
Agree on AS, as they are a AA ff partner now. AS join OW March 31, 2021
You have a massive overlap of AA-AS-BA as they are ff partners. Except for the short time AS-AA were not ff partners
Time to burn those ff miles. They will lose value over time.
Lounge access comes with mid level status:- easy
First lounge access comes with top level status:- harder. But not that many first class lounges.
The AA exception for no lounge access in USA/regional will almost certainly be applied over to AS .