Originally Posted by
skidud313
OZ's program doesn't offer upgrades, do they? But they do have a 2 year period to earn elite status, and thus lounge access, which is better than nothing if I'm not getting to thresholds within a calendar year.
OZ offers upgrades but only from the most expensive booking classes like Y and B. So in reality, this is mostly unusable. Their program has a shocking earn/burn ratio. There is only three reasons why someone would join OZ:
1. You fly them all the time
2. You want easy *G status and don't care that your miles are worth nothing (as a consultant, you will most probably travel more so OZ is not right for you)
3. You want lifetime *G status
As a rule of thumb for someone who travels a lot in paid C or F, LH M&M or BD are the best programs. For people traveling mostly in Y, UA is the best program. If you fly enough to get UA 1k you will get SWUs which can be used on UA and LH which is a great benefit. So if I were you, I would stick to UA for the time being.