Originally Posted by
weero
Not that I ever tried to even make HON: like in
Kiwi's life location does prevent me from being HON material

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Plus the lack of travel on LH

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Japan is not a very convenient location to become HON either... And as stated - UA would still put me in E- with a shiny black card when flying to HNL... :-)
But I think UA`s approach to focus on its own elites does make sense - at least it is very consistent with what other airlines do (for a reason)...