Originally Posted by Flying Lawyer
This is easy to solve. Lets forget about the alliance and ask my home carrier Lufthansa to send out the following email to UA customers as a reciprocal response:
Each airlines has it pros and cons and the idea of the alliance once was to grant the same privileges to the same elites. One can discuss whether or not LH and SQ left that track with their very top elites' benefits but the relevant groups are so small (HON) that they are of no relevance when comparing general elite standards. UA abolished a general perk for all *-golds and the response can only be to abolish other *-benefits for UA customers. That will be the only way the Americans react:
- No more SEN lounges
- No more free alcohol
- No more SWU vouchers on LH
Be loyal to UA and fly UA. Or send tons of emails to your people at UA to get reciporcal benefits back for all *-Golds.
Cheers
Thomas
I think you are exactly right on with this one. ^
I am an Air Canada *G and the AC MLL lounge access with free alcohol and food seems like a pretty good benefit for UA MP+ members with no reciporcal benefit from UA (I have no idea why people pay for RCC membership).