Originally Posted by
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I fly to Canada twice to three times a year.
I do the same amount of medium haul flights.
I tend to stick with LX or AC, but I will go with what is cheaper.
I fly economy and have no special status but upgrades are important for me.
Thanx.
Ok, in this case I would probably choose Aeroplan:
- you should try to make Elite status (35k miles in one calendar year) which will get you *A Gold status (lounge access at all airport when flying *A, priority boarding etc.)
- Tango Plus (T+) fares on AC operated flights earn 100% status miles, so youŽll need about 3 round-trips ZRH-YYZ per year and a few medium-range flights or another TATL flight to make Elite
- once you have Elite status you can choose 2 SSWUs every year which you can use to upgrade a T+ fare (you can upgrade 4 days in advance depending on seat availability; if you have 6 TATL legs per year you should be able to upgrade on two segments) (youŽll also get SWUs, but these can only be used with Lat fares which are more expensive)
- as an Elite you can also choose to earn 50% bonus award miles, so you would earn 50k+ award miles/year
Just a few thoughts on M&M:
- youŽd get FTL status if you earn 35k miles in a calendar year (only *A Silver status, 25% bonus status and award miles, only lounge access in ZRH, no upgrade certs)
- cheap economy fares on LH/LX only earn 50% status miles
- unlike AC you can upgrade using miles (but IMO itŽs not cost-efficient: a one-way upgrade costs 50k miles whereas an waward ticket in business class costs 90k miles r/t, also you canŽt upgrade from the cheapest fares on LH/LX)