Originally Posted by
somebody8888
(1) What is your home airport? HKG
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? U, W
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 10-25K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? none
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? good award redemption rates
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? Transpacific HKG-SFO
(7) Preferred Airlines none
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? pleasure
With such low flying pattern, reaching status anywhere but with A3 will be close to impossible. Also, miles might devaluate quicker than you can actually use them. It's a really tricky one. Maybe Asiana, if you fly with them and their earnings are ok-ish on your fare ticket, could work out over a 2 year schedule. But not expect much here. Especially if your flying is only once a year.