Hi all.
Would really appreciate your opinions on where to move my FF earnings to when I hit QF FF Life Gold.
I am decided that I want to move - I want the life status that will come with LG and will stick with QF FF till I get it, but then I wanna move to a prog. where my miles actually are worth something and where it does not cost an arm and a leg to redeem them.
I am UK based, and do most of my flying on BA - currently I fly lots in long haul Y and Y+, quite a bit of (UK-Europe) short-haul J (at least 6 or 7 returns a year), plus at least 2 or 3 long-haul J a year (F very occasionally).
My key interest/priority when I move is mile burn ratio, and reducing costs (taxes/fines) involved in using the miles: however things like getting upgraded more etc are also important, so may also be a part of my decision making process if one option is vastly better in that regard than another.
I am probably still 3 years away from hitting LG, but need to basically make a choice now as I am going to get a new (UK) credit card and will choose the one (i.e. an AA or a BA one) that I will want to be building miles up in, in advance of my move in a few years.
I have of course read at length many of the Threads etc on this Forum and others (for e.g.
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qanta...advantage.html,
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/11526155-post6.html,
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/qanta...ly-qantas.html, etc), and know - and agree with the general consensus - that miles are worth much more, are earned more easily, and cost less to use in the AA prog. On these point alone I have always assumed that AA would be the obvious choice.
But what I am wondering is whether I have missed anything complelling as to why in my specific situation AA may not be the way to go, and that BA may be a better. I do afterall fly BA a LOT, and AA only once or twice a year.
If most of my flying is on BA would I be mad to not move to BAEC? Or do the general benefits of the AA prog. (or the lack of many benefits in the BA prog.) in effect mean that AA is the only way to go? Is there anything I would get in BAEC (as say a Silver FF) that would mean I should go with them instead?
Your comments/advise/observations/experiences appreciated as ever ! ^
H