Originally Posted by pinniped
True, but partner miles don't count. If somebody gives you 300k banked miles on AA, they count towards Lifetime levels. On UA, you actually gotta fly.
UA's system keeps the perk a big more exclusive - flying 1MM is a heckuva lot harder than accruing 2MM from all sources - but the side effect is that AA miles are worth a bit more in the "secondary market" than anything else.
Absolutely correct and I fully agree with you. That why I put it as BIS (but in the seat - and actually on UA's seat not on one of their partners).
I didn't start flying on UA before the other year and have about 250K BIS miles. I have probably already crossed 1MM UA MP miles, however, due to all promotions that UA has run in the last two years.