Comments on: Why You Should Sign Up For These Three American Mileage Programs Even If You Don’t Live In The US Or Ever Fly US Carriers

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 21 Aug 2014 23:31:46 +0000

In reply to Juergen. That's strange, what was the reason United gave?

By: Juergen

Juergen — Wed, 06 Aug 2014 11:14:42 +0000

In my case, I had a Star Alliance Card, United refused to acknowledge miles collected on Singapore Airlines for an upgrade! Ever since I’ve given up on miles. The time before I had enough miles with Ansett to fly AUS-Bali and return – and then they went bankrupt. So why bother if you’re only flying once or twice a year? By now frequent flyer benefits are always the first to get the chop when an airline wants to save money. You have almost reached enough points for your free flight to X and the benchmark gets raised by 50%.

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 15 May 2014 09:11:29 +0000

In reply to Barbara Weibel.

They already are 😉

http://www.usairways.com/en-US/aboutus/pressroom/arriving.html?c=glmus_21225&re=1

By: Anil Polat

Anil Polat — Thu, 15 May 2014 09:09:52 +0000

In reply to Tom @ Waegook Tom.

This is not the case for all partner airlines, for an example:

http://www.turkishairlines.com/en-int/miles-and-smiles/partners/when-you-fly/mile-table-united-airlines

By: Barbara Weibel

Barbara Weibel — Wed, 14 May 2014 15:18:22 +0000

Hi Anil: US Airways was purchased by American a while back and their frequent flyer miles are being merged with American. I can only assume that they will also become a one world partner airline as well.