Airline Status Explained And Is It Worth It? 

With businesses cutting back on travel expense, it’ll be interesting to see how airlines adapt.

Not necessarily if have good credit and spend a lot on credit cards you can get status. The airlines make more off of the CC deals on a margin and pure profit basis then they do for the actual flying.

@@johniii8147 people used to do that more when airline/hotel points were worth something.

@@Omikoshi78 They actually do it more than ever. These programs have only grown by leaps and bounds to the point they are the real profit centers.

I travel a lot for work but it helps for personal travel. I can fly basic economy on United and get the cheapest rates and still be able to pick my seats, check in a bag, etc

You need the emperor pass. See you got the kingsmans card that's diamond double platinum certified. But the emperor pass is triple platinum, double diamond, dipped in gold, silver trimmed, with bronze sprinkles certified. And there's about 14 people on that upgrade list.

@@orianna1220 looked this pass up but couldn’t find it. Maybe it’s only for Europe or something. Very crazy!

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Nothing unusual or new.

Why so surprised? It's been like that for years.

How did you manage to do that? Did you travel a lot for work?

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Because idiot fall for the ads. Hell this video sorta can be free ads. United is a garbage airline and prefer other country airline

cuz they dont have flexablility

You mean same airline?

Yes. the middle class and rich board first. The ultra wealty board at the last possible second. So I don't understand why the higher status people would not want to wait until the very end.

I have considered maybe they should only have 3 groups. Window Middle Aisle and thats how people should board

@justin blow Exactly. They have played around with boarding concepts for years and they all turn out about the same since they can't control human behavior.

Very nice of you to assume I won't board right as the gates close haha.

@@navid617 True. It will never work in ‘Murica

Didn't you know that the patriot was destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine? Your fake TV won't show it.

But economy is getting cheaper and cheaper as well. Nonstop Dan did a video about how economy is meant for those who are bargain-hunting, so upgrades will always be paid. You say they’re taking away perks and making you pay for them, but that isn’t telling the full story. For example, international first class is declining due to cost (both for tickets and operations), so business class has been getting as good as first class once was. Similarly, premium economy is rising up and is as good as business class used to be. Who knows, maybe there will be another class (economy plus?) that ends up being as good as modern-day premium economy at some point in the future.

Totally agree with you I guess most of the time it's much affordable to compare airlines fares and just get the cheapest

Good for you. Some people find having a bus pass more useful than a hotel or airline pass. Everyone is different.

I agree. I've always said the same thing too. Also, with reward "points/miles" loyalty cards, the points/miles ratios can be *devalued/reduced* by the loyalty card issuers at any time. Who's to say the points will be worth the same 1 year, 5, or even 10 years from when they started (that's IF they're still around then, or not 'merged/swallowed up by another 'big fish')? With cashback, at least cash is cash and as you said, you can use it for whatever you want.

@@pmb6667 I agree about the devaluing, but at my airport, EWR, United has a near monopoly on the place, so it is likely a domestic flight of mine will be on United, that is why I am getting the United card.

I’m gonna slightly disagree. What people should do instead is use transferable points, such as Chase or Amex. If you play the game right, you can get more than 2CPP that way. Also, it protects against devaluations. If you have the Chase United card, and United devalues, you’re SOL. But if you have the Chase Sapphire Preferred/Reserve instead, you can transfer to Air Canada or Singapore instead to book United flights.

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No.

Europeans are generally poorer. It’s about supply and demand. I would never step on LCC. Among the wealthy Europeans I know. They would not be doing LCC.

A few things: 1. You say that Americans are less willing to be price sensitive in order to move up the status ladder, and that Europeans will just choose the cheapest convenient flight. However, one of the main reasons that Ryanair is fine in Europe and Spirit struggles in the US is that most “domestic” flights in Europe are only about an hour or so long, while many Americans have to fly for at least two or three (I have to fly for four to five to go visit my parents from the west coast to the Midwest, which would be like flying from Turkey to Ireland, or Portugal to Poland). So if people are going to avoid ULCCs for comfort for these longer flights, they might as well stick with a single legacy carrier to get loyalty. 2. The reason (while frustrating, is understandable) most airlines in the US don’t give lounge access to domestic-traveling elites and domestic business class travelers is due to trying to limit crowding. Those lounges are meant to be a relaxing experience before a long flight. Still frustrating though, but you have to understand where they’re coming from. 3. In the US (and starting to move abroad), many credit card companies are opening their OWN airport lounges. So if you’re traveling domestically and you hold the Amex Platinum, you can use a centurion lounge instead (and even internationally, Amex has centurion lounges in foreign airports, such as in T3 at LHR). And Chase and Capital One have been getting into this as well. So you have other options if you don’t want to commit to an airline.

Then accumulate flexible points, such as from Chase and Amex.

@@jwil4286 Amex points are mostly worthless so I accumulate Chase if all else are equal. In fact I accumulated 480,000 UR points last month. Enough for $7k on hotel or flights.

@justin blow They actually sell a lot of those premium seats these days. Across the US big 3 they adjusted pricing that it's not that much more expensive to go ahead and pay for the seat and not risk an upgrade change. They are called Y up fares. Typically and extra 200 or so (other than transcons) so I just book those fares most of the time now. Generates a lot o revenue for DL/AA/US handling it that way.

Didn't you know that the patriot was destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine? Your fake TV won't show it.

You can book United flights using Amex points transferred to Air Canada

Just depends on what market you're traveling out of. out of a hub Market it's tough to upgrade on middle tier status. They also just sell a lot more of those F seats in domestic markets then they use to now that fare difference is not a dramatic as it use to be.

I don't worry about it anymore since I don't travel nearly as much as use to due to change in profession ( and i don't miss all the travel). But have life Plat on AA. Now when i do travel I just pay for the premium cabin so status isn't really that relevant.

Didn't you know that the patriot was destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine? Your fake TV won't show it.

No, that's an exaggeration. DL is the leader in the space among US carriers and recently publically reported about 38% of their revenue came from premium passengers. The general industry standard is that about 40% of revenue comes from 15 to 20% of passengers.

Hyatt Globalist is awesome, but man is it hard to get

@@jwil4286 I used a shortcut twice to reach it

I don't think you know what the word scam means... If you don't like bag fees, support Biden's Junk Fees Act.

Didn't you know that the patriot was destroyed by Russian troops in Ukraine? Your fake TV won't show it.

While that lounge access part is frustrating, the reason they do it is because if they let in all domestic first class passengers and level 2 status holders (Star Gold, SkyTeam Elite+, oneworld Sapphire), they would be overcrowded. There IS a trick to this, and Qatar actually made it easier this year: get oneworld Sapphire (or Star Gold or SkyTeam Elite+) with a FOREIGN airline (I also don’t think Air Canada and Aeromexico count here) and get into lounges with status. (For context, Qatar launched a couple credit cards earlier this year. One of them gives the holder oneworld Sapphire, which means it gets you into AAdmirals Club lounges, Alaska lounges, and [maybe] AA Flagship lounges [no Flagship First dining though]).

@@jwil4286 international, I‘m always flying business, so no need for an status. I only like status for domestic, and therefore lounge access. I get it, that it gets overcrowded. But how can it be, that I can enter with an random credit card. That’s what’s making me mad (I have such a credit card too, but the system is just wrong). For example, in Europe you can mostly only enter via status, no credit cards accepted. And it’s not overcrowded. It’s just the greed of us airlines.

I think he was American AA customer, who they kicked out of the program, after 20 years.

There are a few videos regarding the AAirpass, and how AA tried to rescind the AAirpass. The *Today I Found Out* have done a good video about it. I think *Wendover* Productions have done a video about it.

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I do not have enough ass to sit comfortably.

@justin blow if it's under 5 hours who cares imo

@justin blow if I was flying every week I'd use spirit more lol

Someone is jealous