Thanks for the water cannon salute D3Kingg Appreciate the replies.

HaleiwaFlyer thought about your question. After getting to 2MM on American I was traveling to Asia quite a bit either through NRT initially or via DFW to HKG. So UA/Star Alliance LT status was possible. But I was able to use SWU to upgrade to first quite a bit so I would have given that up. Would be nice to see AA expand their LT status options like UA and DL have. Other than bonus mile multiple though not sure the level of status is really material as some have noted.

MarkOk thank you for your perspective. I think you summed it up pretty well, maximize points (airlines or hotels) but status benefits are not necessarily worthy of pursuit.