Originally Posted by
olouie
That will drive a lot of business for alaska then.
That's what I was thinking. Alaska has OW + some oddball partners they retained like KE or SQ. If EQM is at parity between Alaska and AAdvantage, there's absolutely no reason whatsoever to stay with AAdvantage unless your employer shells out for full fare Y all the time.
The only thing AA has over Alaska is EQM on BA PE fares - 1x on Alaska, 1.5x on AA.