Originally Posted by
gudugan
I agree.
United Silver gets me SDC (super valuable), 1 free bag 70lb (I never have more than 1 bag), almost always get E+ bulkhead at checkin, Group 2 vs Group 1 boarding doesn't matter. I've even gotten upgrades but generally am fine flying Y.
I kind of want UA Gold because *A Gold is super valuable outside of the US (would save me more than an hour on some occasions). But Plat, 1K, or GS is useless to me, I would rather fly different airlines.
A hotel/airline alliance where you could earn status that extends to both hotel/airline concurrently would be revolutionary.