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Aug 23, 2011 | 6:36 am

#382

PVDtoDEL

Join Date: Oct 2010

Location: SEA/ORD/ADB

Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat

Posts: 7,774

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Originally Posted by gallenem

(1) What is your home airport? JNB
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 70k-120k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? UA 1K
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Preferred seating, International upgrades (when with Wife) and lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
JNB -> IAD (*1),
JNB -> LAX (*1)
JNB -> Other US airport (*1),
JNB -> LHR (*1),
JNB -> KUL (at least *2),
JNB -> HKG (*1)
(7) Preferred Airlines? *A due to airports flown to.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure

The only reason I am in the MP programme as I was living in the UK for 45 years, and only moved to SA 6 years ago.
With the proposed changes in the MP programme, I reckon that I may not meet the revenue requirements for the proposed new UACO programme if it is for UACO segment only?

I'll also suggest US. US is bearable for the most part - customer service is ok, in flight service is ok, reliability is good. And their FFP is good - mostly because you don't have to worry about competition for upgrades and such, most people who fly *A in the United States have COUA status.

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