Originally Posted by
dvs7310
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)
Yea, I was definitely surprised that OWS has access to AA FL. Do you know if that extends to Flagship Dining as well (seemed unclear),
Baggage likely not going to be a big perk for me, I tend to travel with Carry on mostly, maybe if I go international, I'd take a single suitcase.
When I was looking at *A, TK seemed like the best option, while I originally was going to go OZ, it didn't seem to make sense since it may change. And Aegean requires the A3 Metal flights, whereas TK doesn't.
Also I think my company has a Delta Status Match offer, so once I get to OWS (IB Gold, it may be worth matching to a different program if I have a bunch coming up on that alliance. So far I have been selecting AA/AS only, but there are times when DL or UA would be a bigger plane possibly with lie-flat (777/787, or DL1 on 767), vs AA's 737MAX/A321s