Originally Posted by
CarefreeBA
- The longer I've had status, the benefit of 'the airline will look after you first when things go wrong' shines through more. It's one of those benefits which isn't useful until it is, and then you will be grateful for it.
Although, I’d rather be a OWE on AA exEWR/JFK, than a UA 1K exEWR! (Probably a similar situation for DL elites, but UA 1K, I can speak from my wife’s experiences- AA ExPlat probably the best, given how uncrowded the AA footprint is, here!)