Originally Posted by
brosephine69
Just made it to Iberia Plata (Silver/OWR).
Have upcoming SNA-ORD-MCO-PHX-SNA (though my ORD Connection is only 40mins, which may prove to be painful if issues arise). Then shouldn't be too difficult to get to IB Oro (Gold/OWS).
Then the decision is whether to fly UA and credit to TK or continue to make it to IB Platino (Platinum/OWE), which I don't think would provide me with much benefit as I am already flying in Biz/First domestically.
For domestic, you're right, there's little incremental benefit of OWE vs OWS. If you're already flying domestic first your luggage allowance is already 3x 32kg. The only place I can think of that it would really matter is if you transit JFK frequently where you'd get the SoHo Lounge vs the Greenwich Lounge. I've always been a bit surprised that the AA FL is open to OWS, but unless that changes then non-US based OWS is perfectly fine for domestic US flying.
If you end up doing more overseas travel in the future then I do think OWE has value but within the US you're probably right and better to chase *G via TK, A3, or OZ (though OZ is likely to be short lived)