Originally Posted by gosha83
Hmm that's interesting about Alaska. So, one of the suggestions is to basically switch to Alaska and, even though I will likely never fly with them, be able to bank miles from flying with AA and then redeem them on AA or other carriers when booking award travel? I am thinking that I may as well just accumulate miles into an AA account, right?
The big advantage to AS is that you can earn/redeem miles on AA, DL, NW and CO. Nobody else has that many domestic partners. You can also redeem on Qantas if Australia is your goal.
The downside to AS is if you never fly AS, you will get very minimal elite benefits if you make elite. But if you don't think you'll be making elite any time soon, who cares?