Originally Posted by
Dropthedeaddonkey
(1) What is your home airport? DUB
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? C
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 25k-50k,
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (BA S, BD S, EK G, QF S
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Want to regain G in *A - just dropped down in BD because too many flights on Frequent upgrades on EK & BA)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (mainly Far East, now also SAfrica and Caribbean
(7) Preferred Airlines EK A380 otherwise good value C class in *A
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Work - my choice
Well, this is about *A FF schemes, not FF schemes in total, so I won't comment about EK and other programs..
For *A FF, and your liking of A380 combined with flying in C and your routes, I would suggest M&M: SEN can be had for 100k, which is actually just around 45k miles flown in C (a bit less if you have some hops in Europe) given you'll earn 225% when flying with LH&friends..
South Africa is also serviced by A380 from LH, as are several places in the far east (PEK, SIN, maybe NRT..)
As a SEN, you'll have only to requalify every second year, so as you're able to choose, you might even be better able to figure out your flying patterns in the way you like them. If you fly 25k-50k in C, SEN definitely should be doable and renewable..