Originally Posted by
navydevildoc
Alaska meets all of those requirements. The only hitch is the lounge in your first year. Once you organically make 100k (OWE) you can choose lounge membership as your choice benefit. That gets you into all the Alaska, American, and several other lounges domestically. Overseas OWE access applies. The first year since you would status match you would need to gain access through other means, up to and including paying for membership.
Thanks for the response. I think I will go with AS then. Do you happen to know if I can get into JFK Greenwich or Soho lounges with AS OWS or OWE respectively? A quick google search seems to indicate no.