Originally Posted by acf573

Uhh, the 150k miles on UA gets you an unrestricted ticket in business (and only on UA). A more correct comparison would be with a UA saver award at 90k. So $90k spending vs $82.5k. Close, and there are advantages to both types of awards (stopovers and open jaws with award tickets; ability to earn miles and possibly better availability with TY redemption). At the coach level, TY points (on Chairman and PremierPass) are a great deal. At the biz level, the picture is a bit murkier.


I think it's quite likely the ability to transfer to AA will happen given Citi's and AA's relationship. I also think there's zero chance you will be able to transfer to UA/CO/NW/US/HP given that Diner's Club (owned by Citi) was forced to drop them due to card exclusivity agreements once they became a MasterCard. That really doesn't leave too much. Would like the AA transfer though.