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Oct 23, 2011 | 2:45 am

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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

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Originally Posted by Santander

If you plan to definitely fly 35k this year and if you go to Canada at least a couple of times, AC is a decent option although bear in mind that there are no unlimited free upgrades like on American carriers. A3 is the easiest, but TK and OZ are also good ways to get *G easily. I think I would favour OZ as you can build towards million-miler status with them in case your travel picks up in the future. I would have actually suggested you pick UA or CO as your FFP up to this year for UDU and E+ but 2P/Silver will be such a worthless status next year that it's not worth it with your amount of travel.

He means crediting your flights to the A3 (Aegean Airlines) FFP.

The reason I suggest A3 (Aegean Airlines) is because it is the easiest to get and retain status. The list of carriers they partner with and the accrual rates are here: http://en.aegeanair.com/milesandbonu...on/earn-miles/

Air Canada requires you to fly them a certain amount of times, so it is a bad option if you want flexibility.

Turkish and Asiana also work, but Turkish has a shorter status period, and Asiana has ridiculously high redemption rates...

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