Who to accumulate miles with: AA or UA?
Feb 4, 2005 | 10:07 am
#17
Original Poster
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: San Francisco
Programs: UA1k, BAbronze
Posts: 110
Originally Posted by broadwayboy
Sorry for this question, but what is E+ on UA? Economy plus? How are they different from regular seats? Does UA have 4 class cabins now?
These seats are assigned to Full fare Y and Elites with any remaining up for grabs at the gate or after they have closed the door.
Here is the link from united.com:
http://www.united.com/page/article/0.../02/04&time=24
Feb 4, 2005 | 10:19 am
#18
Join Date: May 2003
Location: Maine
Programs: AA Plat, FI Silver, DL alumnus
Posts: 1,432
Originally Posted by TheKnife
I've found these 500 mile upgrade certs to be pretty much useless
As beer mats, you're probably right. Useless. However, they are great for upgrading AA flights.
Feb 4, 2005 | 6:31 pm
#19
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: So. California
Programs: UA, SPG
Posts: 1,395
If you decide on UA you might consider their prepaid travel card as a way to get premier or premier exec. status immediately. The card is admin. by Chase so I think it is safe relative to the bankruptcy issues. You do have to use all the prepaid $ by the end of Feb 2006 (or you lose about half of of the $) but with the amount of travel you are talking about you will probably spend $5,000 on your seats alone. Just a thought.
Feb 4, 2005 | 8:34 pm
#20
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: DFW
Programs: AA PLT->GLD|HH Gold|SPG PLT->GOLD|HGP Gold|MR Silver
Posts: 1,985
Welcome to FlyerTalk. The Mileage Run forum is specifically about individual trips that are taken to earn high mileage/points. The general discussion of which program is better would be better located in MilesBuzz, so I'm going to move it there. I'm sure you'll get quite a bit more feedback on top of what you've already read.
Thanks,
Dave, a.k.a. dmfriedman
Moderator, Mileage Run
Thanks,
Dave, a.k.a. dmfriedman
Moderator, Mileage Run