<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by Rssrsvp:
Ny wife and I are both GM's and reside in NYC. The majority of our trips are to LAX, FLL, PBI, Europe and an occasional trip to DTW & SMF. </font>
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Is there a clear choice that in your opinion makes sense. Also along with an airline, what credit card should we switch to? Another issue is getting comped. We certainly don't want to start from an entry level.</font>
Well, I'm not
Randy, but...
You have basically three options to pick from:
AA
UA/US
CO/NW
NY--> LAX/South Florida/Europe routes ...
With CO/NW you'll have to connect in CLE/DTW on your way to Florida, and you don't have non-stop options to LAX either. Doesn't sound like the CO/NW routes overlap well with your plans.
UA and AA offer non-stops to LAX. They also offer good routes to Europe (although the BA partnership with AA doesn't offer mileage accrual across the pond).
On the other hand, NY --> South Florida isn't really the best for AA.
US has a really good East Coast route network, and their partnership with UA may make them ideal for you.
Naturally, UA and US would both be happy to comp you status. A quick pop over to either board can give you instructions on how to achieve this. UA and US would be happy to comp you to Premier Executive or Gold, respectively.
If you were to go that route, you'd probably be interested in the Mileage Plus Visa (15k signup bonus). I would have said the Starwood Amex, but unfortunately as of 1/1/03 the conversion rate is cut in half from 1:1 to 2:1.
