I get the feeling I may end up traveling more this year than I have before. What's the best (easiest?) airline to get status on?
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@zpao depends where you're flying to most. From SFO, United offers a lot of options, and Star Alliance is great... but United
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@gavinsharp @zpao I'd also note that "easiest to status" applies to everyone, meaning more competition for upgrades, busier lounges, etc.
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@mconnor @gavinsharp @zpao yeah, you'll probably never get an upgrade on United. I would pick based on good routes to where you travel most.
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@mleibovic @mconnor @gavinsharp @zpao I just made Platinum on United. Two upgrades and a few drink coupons!
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@mfinkle just hope there aren't 30 people ahead of you on the upgrade list!
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@mleibovic @mfinkle I primarily fly Delta as a gold and bat around 0.5 for complimentary domestic upgrades.
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@khuey_ but where do you fly from SFO? Atlanta and JFK, not many other options! Especially when they stop the Narita flight
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@gavinsharp yeah stopping the NRT flight is a big loss. I can fly the CI flight directly but it doesn't earn many miles. Thinking about
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@gavinsharp what to do, especially now that United flies non-stop to CDG and TPE
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@khuey_ @gavinsharp And the 767 hardware they use for SFO-CDG is among the nicer United economy configs. (Yes, @khuey_ should switch.)
Jan 4, 2014 · 5:08 AM UTC
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