Originally Posted by
lhrsfo
I think the use case that’s central to UA’s thinking is the exec who’s corp buys upfront tickets and thus earns status. This person only buys economy tickets personally and therefore benefits from the status. Ffor the op’s use case, Silver, and even Gold, is not very relevant.
As someone with status on DL they would be able to board first if flying business on the KL LAS-AMS nonstop. As someone with silver status on UA they would be able to board after half the plane if flying business on UA LAS-SFO-AMS.
So there’s a bit of a difference.