Hi! I am still not fully convinced of one FFP or the other, and I was hoping I could get some more input here:

I am based in Germany, and due to flights already planned for this year, it will have to be a *A Program. I prefer booking discount Economy. My goals for a FFP are:

1. get nice Economy redemptions on *A flights. Destinations longhaul ex Germany. Far East and Australia preferably. Also I kind of like RTW Tickets, but I have yet to check if the really make sense to be purchased using miles. I think I would be able to book awards well (>4 months) in advance

2. *A Gold Status.

I don't care that much about Upgrades. For free it's always nice, but I would never spend cash or miles on an upgrade.

I am a vacation traveller, so I don't really have a clear "Flying Profile". European City Trips are just as likely as a trip to Hongkong or NYC.

I am considering these FFP:


AC: Easy to get gold Status. *A-Award rates are okay.

Turkish: very Easy to get and attain Status. onyl 50k to get from Europe to Far East on a TK-Award, and *A-Awards seem also okay.

SQ KrisFlyer: Very good Award Rates on SQ (I love the 80k to Perth). *A-Award Rates also quite good. Drawback: 50k needed to get *G Status.

US: very reasonable *A-Award rates (only 50k to Hawaii, 70k to Far East). But also 50k needed for gold status.


Now I wonder, how good is the availabalilty of *A saver awards on these FFPs? For example I decided against United's MP due to their Starnet Blocking Policy. Or wouldn't that affect me that much booking Economy well in advance?

What else would be factors to consider? Is there Any FFP with considerably higher/lower booking fees/taxes etc?

Right now Turkish and Singapore seem to be the Frontrunners. Turkish für the easy Gold Status and the 50k-Far East Award (however only a handful destinations). SQ for the 80k Australia Award.

*sigh*

What do you guys think?