Originally Posted by
jiejie
Huh? The OP also said he's an Australian who will be flying all over the place. Regardless of being based in Bangkok, there's a legitimate case to be made that TG will not satisfy all his flying needs. In that light, I think BKKROP's responses are completely appropriate and address OP's potential needs. Seems that you're the one that's missing the Bigger Picture here. The point is to advise what might work best for ALL OP's needs (which may be multiple FFP's), not to be a defacto salesperson just for TG, though TG might be one weapon in his FFP arsenal.
Fair point. But please note the OP was enquiring about airline, network and FF scheme for someone based in BKK. Your point about multiple FF schemes is valid (I am a member of several myself, as are many of us here).
BKKROP's advice confused me, but maybe it was just me. The OP said he was going to be BKK based, so I didn't quite get the logic in flying BKK to HKG to pick up a "direct" flight to Australia. Same logic for SIN. Doesn't flying BKK/HKG sort of compromise the "directness" of HKG / Aus? Does this seem odd to anyone else?
Being based in BKK, the OW options are a bit limited so this really does bring things back to TG and ROP. Please note, I am not a defacto TG salesperson.