Originally Posted by
Joe Butch
(1) What is your home airport?
PBI/FLL
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
Cheap-Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
25k or under.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc)
Only AA Plat
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
good reward redemption rates
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
US Domestic to PHL or NYC , Rewards would be International most likely.
(7) Preferred Airlines
AA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
work, I can choose airline, not class of service
Aegean (A3) will be the only one which can give you Star Gold based on your annual mileage.
Are you moving from the AAirline due to the bAAnkruptcy?
In which case you have to start using UA / US for your domestic flying. Until you get to Star Gold, you will pay bag fees on these airlines.
Some things to think about.