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Old Mar 1, 2012 | 6:24 am
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galindes
 
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Amsterdam
Programs: Continental Airlines
Posts: 37
Delta's Sky Miles, KLM's Flying Blue, or What?

(1) What is your home airport? MEX, but AMS might become my home.
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? L
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 30,000
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? OnePass Elite Level: Non-Elite
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Good award redemption rates.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often AMS-MEX-AMS
(7) Preferred Airlines 1. British 2. Continental 3. KLM.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?

Hi,

I make about four AMS-MEX-AMS flights a year; I tend to use KLM, and Continental indistinctly (I go for the lower price I can find) hence my frequent flyer (FF) miles account seems to be stuck and not growing very much.

Therefore, I was wondering which FF programme should I opt to consolidate my miles with. Not that the airline industry is eagerly giving away free flights/upgrades, but KLM seems to be particularly stringent with their miles.

Should I opt for KLM and their stingy Flying Blue programme (AMS has became a somewhat frequented airport by me and perhaps will become my home airport) or should I opt for Delta's Sky Miles (MEX is my home airport)? Should I even consider Aeromexico's (AM) Club Premier (75% miles when booking in V,L,W, and P) even though I almost never fly with them? Or should I stay within the Star Alliance's realms and stick to Continental's OnePass?

I hope that my question is not too .

Thank you in advance for your help.


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