Originally Posted by
olouie
Bay area is awash in premium and airline credit cards. Even if AS isn't going to support SF bay area as long as they have decent partner redemptions and good earning structure the card will sell well. I know tons of people who barely fly AA but have plat/PP/EXP just from spend and then burn those miles/points for premium cabins. So easy to do if you have high income (hello SF bay area!) or play the MS/churning game. AS can probably sustain that for a few years while they figure out what they really want to do as long as BofA keeps paying the bills.
And maybe (ok, more than maybe) AS has determined that allowing us to pay for relatively cheap OWE (or even lesser) status without having to provide any material services is the business model for us. Maybe one day an airline will rename itself to its true self - "Cargo and Credit Card ("CCC") Airlines."
For better or worse, I'm still pleased not to be living in a captive hub market.