Hello,

I am not sure where this post belongs. Move it if you need to

I am trying to take advantage of reward programs. I travel at least 10 times per year. The regular part of my travel is from Atlantic Canada to Los Angeles - about 6 per year. I could be traveling anyway in the world. I expect this to continue for at least 5 years.

I have an Areo Plan membership and a United membership.

I am trying to be loyal to the one I can benefit the most from. Hence my dilemma.

I find in order to benefit from upgrades – and that is what I am focusing on, I either fly United or purchase an up scaled ticket from Air Canada – Latitude I believe.

Now to upgrade on United I have to actually being getting on a United flight and not the partner, Air Canada. Well, on this end there is no chance to get on a United flight as they do not fly in Atlantic Canada and they use Air Canada out of Montreal and Toronto.

Even if I have my travel agent book me through United I still have to log into the Air Canada web site to print my boarding pass. As a result I do not have the option available to take advantage of up grade possibilities.

BTW, booking Latitude is not out of the question, especially if it gets me what I want – upgrades and lounge access.

Can anyone offer me some advice?

Thanks

BTW, my first post