Join Date: Sep 2002
Location: SFO; AA Platinum, NW Platinum, UA 100K, Hilton Gold, Hyatt Diamond, Starwood Platinum, Marriott Silver, Hertz President's Circle, Avis First
Posts: 72
Interesting idea booking AA flights to AS to ensure I don't have any orphans. I'm sure that there are many non-flight options as well.
My early inclination was to always join the new program and take advantage of the sign up bonuses, etc.
More recently, I've been concentrating on AA, CO and DL which leads me to book periodic HP flights -- for example -- to CO (one week left of that!)
Anyway, the 500 miles/1 segment for an AS flight booked to AA or CO seems paltry versus the 8500 or so I'll get by joining AS MileagePlan.
I'm curious to know how concentrated/spread out other regular travelers are among their favorite/secondary programs.
Also, in this instance, I'd like to know the general impressions of AS and the program's value? Is the potential value of MileagePlan worth taking on another membership that will require my attention?
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