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Originally Posted by gleff
This is an advantage. It is certainly not a killer advantage. I have nice balances with both programs, and I won't neglect my Mileage Plus balance in recognition of the ability to do a stopover on a domestic award with American.
And this certainly shouldn't influence which carrier you fly and earn status with...! |
Originally Posted by psyflyer
but doesnt UA allow stop overs on intl award tix??
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Both programs have strengths and weaknesses and it is impossible to say which one is best overall.
Using UA miles one can fly from Asia to South America and have a stop over in US for 150K in F i.e. HKG-SFOx-LAX-DENx-YYZx-GRU-ORDx-NRTx-ICNx-HKG or for the same mileage you can fly from US to to Japan in F and have a stop over in Europe. You absolutely CANNOT (99% or more of the time) change the UA issued *A award once the travel has begun where AA allows date changes. AA's OW mileage based awards are truly nice i.e. RTW LAX-LIM-SCL-EZE-GRU-MADx-JNB-MAD-TLV-LHR-LCA-LHRx-HKG-NRT-MEL-HKGx-LAX for 220K AA miles in C. If you reach certain threshold on UA you can earn quadruple miles for a month that makes MR's so much more "enjoyable". |
Originally Posted by gleff
This is an advantage. It is certainly not a killer advantage. I have nice balances with both programs, and I won't neglect my Mileage Plus balance in recognition of the ability to do a stopover on a domestic award with American.
And this certainly shouldn't influence which carrier you fly and earn status with...! |
Originally Posted by gleff
This is an advantage. It is certainly not a killer advantage. I have nice balances with both programs, and I won't neglect my Mileage Plus balance in recognition of the ability to do a stopover on a domestic award with American.
And this certainly shouldn't influence which carrier you fly and earn status with...! It could, however, be a reason for someone who only wants to use their miles domestically to choose AA as their preferred carrier, provided their schedule and needs fit visiting two destinations on every award ticket. UA definitely is stronger when it comes to other awards, especially Asia. |
The benefit for me is that it's easier to get Platinum elite-for-life status on AA. Miles from all sources count, which is great!!
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http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...artnersContent
Mileage redemption AA vs UA US to Europe F 125 vs UA = 100k C 90 vs UA = 80k US to ASIA F 125 or 135 vs UA = 120k (the lower number is off-peak). C 90 or 110 vs UA = 90K UA has always been cheaper on award redemptions to many destinations. While I do like AA's stop-over policy, most of my redemption is for international C class travel on UA. |
I am talking about domestic award tickets here.
Originally Posted by hw248i
I flew to Salvador Brazil on United with a stop over in Rio at no charge on a award ticket? not sure what your talking about?
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Originally Posted by wanaflyforless
Oneworld works.
While AA does not serve a lot of Asian destinations, CX and JL do. CX tends to treat AA elites better than AA does ^ , so long as you are willing to connect on CX/JL to go to most places with full benefits. With UA you only earn a status bonus on UA and US flights; not star alliance wide. With AA the status bonus is also alliance wide. Yes, there are some hiccups, like the BA/AA transatlantic restrictions stemming from antitrust concerns, but in general, Oneworld works! (AA has by far the most usable award restrictions in my experience; and these rules apply to partner awards too). It will be especially enjoyable later this year when I reach ExPlat and will be able to use CX F lounges (theoretically BA as well, but that is just a theory :confused: ). And I get AA elite qualification bonuses for flying in C class on other OW carriers - a huge advantage over the UA/*Alliance procedures. |
"With UA you only earn a status bonus on UA and US flights; not star alliance wide."
which star alliance member earns bonus on all its members??? this is something i dislike allot and found out the hard way on UA having switched to them from AA this year. is LH or another european carrier program more advisable? i live in spain and fly allot to north and south america. |
Originally Posted by Christian Smith
which star alliance member earns bonus on all its members??? this is something i dislike allot and found out the hard way on UA having switched to them from AA this year. is LH or another european carrier program more advisable? i live in spain and fly allot to north and south america.
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Originally Posted by dhammer53
http://www.aa.com/apps/AAdvantage/Vi...artnersContent
Mileage redemption AA vs UA US to Europe F 125 vs UA = 100k C 90 vs UA = 80k US to ASIA F 125 or 135 vs UA = 120k (the lower number is off-peak). C 90 or 110 vs UA = 90K UA has always been cheaper on award redemptions to many destinations. While I do like AA's stop-over policy, most of my redemption is for international C class travel on UA. AMERICAN AIRLINES 1805 TPA Tampa 10/18/2006 08:10 PM MIA Miami 10/18/2006 09:10 PM First Z 3E LAN PERU S.A 511 MIA Miami 10/19/2006 01:20 AM LIM Lima 10/19/2006 05:50 AM Business U 2D LAN PERU S.A 510 LIM Lima 10/23/2006 10:40 AM MIA Miami 10/23/2006 05:25 PM Business U 2D AMERICAN AIRLINES 1562 MIA Miami 03/06/2007 01:35 PM YYZ Toronto 03/06/2007 04:49 PM Business U 3E BRITISH AIRWAYS 92 YYZ Toronto 03/06/2007 06:25 PM LHR London 03/07/2007 06:25 AM Business U 61B BRITISH AIRWAYS 846 LHR London 03/07/2007 08:20 AM WAW Warsaw 03/07/2007 11:40 AM Business U 2A BRITISH AIRWAYS 849 WAW Warsaw 03/21/2007 07:40 AM LHR London 03/21/2007 09:25 AM Business U 2A BRITISH AIRWAYS 1388 LHR London 03/21/2007 11:00 AM MAN Manchester 03/21/2007 11:55 AM Economy V unassigned AMERICAN AIRLINES 55 MAN Manchester 03/27/2007 10:45 AM ORD Chicago 03/27/2007 01:00 PM Business U 3D AMERICAN AIRLINES 781 ORD Chicago 06/13/2007 11:02 AM SFO San Francisco 06/13/2007 01:37 PM First Z 3E AMERICAN AIRLINES 1662 SFO San Francisco 06/17/2007 08:27 AM DFW Dallas/ Fort Worth 06/17/2007 01:52 PM First Z 3E AMERICAN AIRLINES 1316 DFW Dallas/ Fort Worth 06/17/2007 03:10 PM TPA Tampa 06/17/2007 06:30 PM First Z 3E All for 130K AA miles :D, South America in October, Europe in March and US west coast in June.... |
Originally Posted by lucky9876coins
Welcome to FT! ^
I guess it depends on who you ask... For me, that is no advantage at all. I never redeem awards for domestic flights, so I really don't care either way. On the other hand, to me anyway, the ability to redeem my UA MP miles for upgrades on select Star Alliance carriers is a HUGE advantage to me that trumps the one in question hands down. (*A is the only alliance that allows this) |
Advantage: yes
Killer: no |
UA allows some *A upgrades
UA PS First is better than AA's NYLA First UA has SQ, TG, LX, LH AA has this stopover thing AA has CX |
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