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.
I barely ever fly AA on revenue tickets and have used AAdvantage as a proxy program for MileagePlan and OWE status in 2024 and 2025. AA EXP was a lot easier to reach than MVP 100k last year. And yes, I am burning all those AA miles on premium cabins and use the status on AS revenue flights, and the Exec Mastercard gets me into AS Clubs. It’s a weird world.
I now have the Summit Visa, but I am not convinced that I will keep it beyond the first year. If I stick with AA as my OW loyalty program next year, it probably isn’t worth keeping the card. Any spend, now that I have met the SUB requirement, will be in the 3X categories only, and even there it only wins out against other 3X cards because I am currently more rich in URs than AS miles and need to backfill my AS account.