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Old Oct 12, 2012 | 8:16 am
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Originally Posted by Tiksa
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)

CDG, Charles de Gaulle, Paris.

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)

>50k, economy

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)

Cheapest economy for holiday trips.
Flexible economy, economy+ tickets often bought or changed at last minute when travelling for work.

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?

Unfortunately economy only.
Intercontinental work trips, short European trips for pleasure.

(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)

2-3 times a year from Europe to Asia and within Asia (China, Japan, SEAP, perhaps also Australia in future) for work.

Frequently between Paris and Helsinki, Finland.

Many short holiday trips in Europe.


(6) Do you have FFP status of any kind of OW or other airline at present? What is it? (AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)

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(7) What is most important to you in a FFP? (upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)

1. Good awards
2. Upgrades

(8) Preferred Airlines

I assume that AY and CX will be most frequent.
Assuming that your longhaul tickets are all full fair economy or economy plus, and your shorthaul leisure trips are on AY/BA primarily, I would go with AA. My understanding is that they don't enforce a minimum AA metal requirement, and you will earn 100% EQM for all your flights, provided your CX flights are booked in flexible economy or premium economy. AA has a good earn/burn rate and 50K/year will get you AA Platinum = OW Saphire.
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