Both loyalty currencies cost around the same in the promotions but with MileagePlus miles you can avoid paying fuel surcharges when using them on United and a number of other airlines and, on top of that, you can purchase long - haul premium cabin awards on United for fewer miles than you can on British Airways.
Not exact matches
Also, there's nothing aspirational about earning a lot of Stars — there's no amazingly special coffee that you can buy with Stars (that
costs too much to buy with cash)-- so where's the incentive for people to collect Starbucks stars over any other
loyalty currency?
If your total
costs after liquidation were 1 %, that would make for an 80 % or higher discount on your travel, which is competitive with virtually any
loyalty currency out there.