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Oct 17, 2010 | 4:49 am

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Originally Posted by DouglasRocks

But, I highly doubt Dividend Miles is the best option, considering I have 2 other choices for FFP's (UA and Continental). Which would you guys go with, based on award flights, elite statuses, and % chance of getting the award flight I need?

Welcome to FT, DouglasRocks!

Why do you say that you only have 2 options besides US? There are dozens of other Star Alliance programs out there which you can chose. All with different advantages and disadvantages.

For example A3 has very easy qualification for *G status (20k miles p.a.). And as a non USA based program you also get lounge access when traveling domestic in the US.
Or TK also has easy qualification and lets you even buy status miles.

Usually, it is a good idea to have status with the airline you actually fly. This will greatly help in situations where flights are oversold, canceled etc as airlines will always take care of their own elites first.

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