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Oct 28, 2012 | 2:54 am

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wandering_fred

Join Date: Sep 2004

Location: country Western Australia

Programs: QF WP(LTS) - AA LTG(1MM)

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Originally Posted by DownUnderFlyer

If award travel is most important and you are US bsaed then most probably AA is the best program for you. Also you are already booking J so the need for upgrades is less pressing compared to flying Y.
The only thing I would add is that IMHO in is advantages to have status with the airline you actually fly. So should you aim for status and you almost always fly CX, I would join their program even so earn/burn rate and fees might be worse than AA.

With 175k miles in J, I would seriously quality as EXP under AA and then Gold with Cathay MPC. CX does a quite reasonable job of tracking your flying even under other programs and have treated me well over the last 6-7 years as AA EXP/PLT. And remember that upgrades with MPC may be better bargains than awards under AA. And both airlines handle IRROPs better than others.

Happy wandering

Fred

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