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Old Feb 3, 2011 | 10:28 am
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Which OW program should I join? (ME based, 2-3 C flights a year)

Hi,
I'm already a ST Plat (Delta), as well as *A Gold (BMI). I am trying to find the best OW program to put my miles into for redemption purposes - don't really need OW status.

I will be flying a few TLV-AMM-DXB flights on RJ in J class each year (say, 2-3 roundtrips). I already have over 100K AA miles as well as over 100K BA miles.

I would like to use my miles for awards to Europe, DXB, or North America.

I don't think crediting my RJ miles to AA makes sense, since AA credits me with actual miles flown - not a certain min. mileage, since I'm not an AA Elite. This certainly works against me on the TLV-AMM flight, which is only 67 miles...

I could credit the miles to BA, but I hate their fuel surcharge. MA seems to have a pretty poor program (though they do status-match, and I do plan to fly them once in J this year).

RJ seems like a somewhat decent program, especiallly for redeeeming on RJ. They also offer 100 points for 1st acticity + 50 points for updating one's profile.

Where do you recommend I credit my flights to? In summary, I plan to fly about 6 J segments per year, a total of about 8000-10000 flown J miles per year.

Any quick advice would be greatly appreciated, since I will be taking my next flight (TLV-AMM-DXB) tomorrow...

Thanks,
Bostonbali
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