<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Nevsky:
$400 upgrade fees plus miles is a bigger problem. It may reduce the revenue that CO will get from me next year to $0.
I fly mostly internationally and frankly do not get more in the way of benefits than a silver. Even Delta gives top level flyers some free system wide upgrades.
Now with AA giving domestic upgrades plus free upgrades with VPs or miles, I may just have to move.
What rational choice do I have?</font>
None-- you will be much, much better off at AA (as a specifically "mostly international" traveler.) AA will be a much, much better choice for you-- unless you particularly enjoy flying in cramped coach. Do you, by some chance?
If, in fact, you can reach AA top-level (100,000 flown miles in any class, on any fare-- less on other types of tix) you will get unlimited, free, domestic, space-available upgrades. And international upgrades on virtually any fare for miles alone-- plus a first year "bounty" of 16 o/w SWU's.
And AA will try it's darndest to get you your international upgrade right up until the time the cabin door closes-- none of this 72-hour nonsense-- what a total crock of **** that is. As an AA EXP you
will be traveling in business class internationally most of the time that you want to.
Welcome to AAdvantage, in AAdvance.
[This message has been edited by JonNYC (edited Mar 08, 2004).]