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Old Nov 20, 2011 | 4:39 pm
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Originally Posted by RedChili
I'm really in the blind whether I should stay with Star, or go to Oneworld or Scaryteam.

I was a loyal Scaryteam customer until Flying Blue April Fools Day, and I've been status matched back to silver, but I really don't know if I want to trust those guys with my miles.

BA or AA is another possibility, but most of my flying is on routes where Oneworld isn't a very good choice, and both BA and AA have crappy mileage for CX economy class.

I've also taken a look at eight different Star programs, and I've taken a hodgepodge of Star Alliance flights (on SK, LH, LX, TK, JK, CA, TG), plus some QR flights, that I may take next year, and those flights would give me the following mileage:

OZ: 36,533 miles
A3: 36,363
UA: 35,414
LH: 35,314
US: 31,701
TK: 29,624
TG: 27,220
AC: 23,798

It appears to me that my best choice would be to stick with A3 on all flights where they give mileage, which would give me 36,363 miles, and put the other flights (such as QR, which is not part of the A3-program), into UA (11,267 miles) or US (6991 miles).
1) I've had enough of KLM and will let my Gold lapse this year. Crap earn and burn rates. Crap priority boarding. Crap queues for security at the D Gates in AMS. And now no more free exit row seats for golds. Move to T3 in MAN with crap immigration. Don't go there! (Unless you fly Delta a lot)

2) Good working out of the earning rates - now how does it compare for burning. Say a J class rtn to HKG from LHR?
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