Originally Posted by
JJeffrey
"Miles being more valuable" is entirely subjective and depends on how you're going to earn and use the miles. It's not like 30 or 40k of either AS miles or AA miles will get you a first class trip around the world.
So unless there's a very specific redemption you're planning where AS would be a runaway winner I would probably stick with AA, since you can earn status and are east coast based. And of course AA's new Loyalty Points system is all spend based with lots of opportunities to earn additional LP's towards status with credit card spend, shopping portals, etc.
Yeah now I think AA should be better for me. I checked miles required to redeem a first class ticket to Asia Region 2(how AA classify Asian destinations), and you need 10k less AS miles than AA miles. That's why I think AS miles is more valuable. But as what you pointed out, AA loyalty point can be earned even without flying. I think this is a huge advantage over AS. I think I'll stick to AA now.