Here's an interesting comparison between the two series, let's just take a quick look at the naming conventions of some of the major characters across the two works:
Yui(SAO)
Yulier
Asuna
Yuuki(SAO)
Yuuki Konno(SAO)
Kuro
yukihime (AW)
Haru
yuki Arita (AW)
Sugou Nobu
yuki(SAO)
Kirigaya
Suguha, (SAO)
Kirigaya Kazuto (SAO)
Akihiko Kayaba
Sachi (SAO)
"Sa-Chan" (AW)
Sasha (SAO)
Fuuko
Kurasaki (AW)
Chiyuri
Kurashima (AW)
Yuniko Kuzuki (AW)
Yoshi
yuki Tomino would be proud of how totally not at all a similar sounding all those names are.