Originally Posted by AirD0c

(1) What is your home airport?
JFK/LGA/EWR
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
5k - 30k - really depends on the year
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
none
(5) What is most important to you in a ffp?
Star alliance awards to Turkey (usually LH, TK). This is what I care about most. In particular, award availability and low booking fees and fuel surcharges. I try to book business awards when possible
(6) Which routes do you fly most often
NYC to Denver and San Juan (domestic) and NYC to Istanbul (international)
(7) Preferred Airlines
No preference for domestic carriers. Prefer Turkish Airlines internationally since they have non-stop flights form JFK -> IST
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
Both

In summary, all I really care about are flight awards (econ and business) and upgrades from NYC to Istanbul. Don't care much about status. I think I belong in a domestic FFP because of the absurd fuel charges on most international programs (I've purchased C class awards on Aeroplan and LH - typically cost ~$400 per ticket). What concerns me are *A flight redemptions on US or UA - there are a lot of mixed opinions on these forum regarding availability so I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on this. I also earn a lot of miles using credit cards (e.g., Amex MR transfers).

Thanks in advance for any help and insight.