AA Flyer moving STL to IAH: Strategies for maximizing CO/UA status and miles?
Apr 30, 2011 | 7:26 am
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Join Date: Jun 2009
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AA Flyer moving STL to IAH: Strategies for maximizing CO/UA status and miles?
I have been living in STL and 2MM PLT on AA. Now moving to IAH. I'm interested in maximizing CO/UA miles. I'm completely confused on the merger and didn't pay any attention to it until now. I'm Premier on UA, no status on CO. How do I navigate this to maximize status and miles. Does CO offer status match? Should I do it now or will the merger take care of that? Should I concentrate all my mileage efforts on CO or UA? Any suggestions on credit cards? I loved the fact that my citibank card miles counted toward lifetime miles, does anyone know of one that will do the same for CO or UA?
Thanks.
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Apr 30, 2011 | 8:57 am
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Washington, D.C.
Programs: AA, but I play the field
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Welcome to the UA/CO forums, from one former STL-er to another!
You can indeed match your UA elite status for elite status on CO by linking your frequent flyer accounts, see this thread for the link: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...tus-tools.html. Do it now -- it's easy, and will probably benefit you in terms of potential upgrades from IAH, where you likely to be booking CO flights. Mileage can now also be transferred freely between the two programs, and will be combined when the two programs fully merge, so which airline you credit your miles to does not appear to matter so much.
You can indeed match your UA elite status for elite status on CO by linking your frequent flyer accounts, see this thread for the link: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/unite...tus-tools.html. Do it now -- it's easy, and will probably benefit you in terms of potential upgrades from IAH, where you likely to be booking CO flights. Mileage can now also be transferred freely between the two programs, and will be combined when the two programs fully merge, so which airline you credit your miles to does not appear to matter so much.
