Originally Posted by
ZeroTT
the point about flexibility in an irrop is well taken. But, for me, the “value” in nonrev was long-haul premium family travel. To get 4 lay flat seats to paris or Buenos Aires… AA mainline benefits are the way to go
Yeah now imagine having that option on multiple airlines, instead of just being limited to AA.
That difference in priority matters less on international as there are no free international upgrades.
And also, imagine being overseas and the one AA flight cancels and you gotta get home? Those UA/DL bennies make that a LOT easier. That actually happened to me.
the 4 mainline would be Alaska, which I’ll admit, pretty useless unless you live in SEA or PDX.