Andrew, in your post, to which I replied, you recommended AA based on its nice international upgrade policies. My point was that these are a moot point in Asia, which AA only barely serves. Since upgrade opportunities for AAdvantage members on CX and QF are all but nonexistant, there's really no point in bringing CX and QF into the discussion. While I agree that AA is a better airline than UA, it's simply hard to make a case for OW over UA to Asia for people that like to travel on cheap tickets and upgrade -- United business is a lot nicer than CX Y, not to mention any class on AA's BR and MU codeshares.

[This message has been edited by moondog (edited 04-08-2002).]