Let me just check that my understanding is correct on this one, because I'm pretty sure people are going to tell me to switch to earn and burn points to/with AA rather than the current QF.
Questions
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: STL, aka Stop laughing.
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
Reply: Greater than 50k, although it bounces around a fair bit. This year was actually close to 100k, but that was unusual.
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)
Reply: Discount economy or economy if I can get the exact seat I want, otherwise PE or business. It's running about 8:1 at the moment.
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Work & pleasure. I can choose whichever airline I want, although it's tended to be OW simply because I joined that first...quite a while ago.
(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: Transpacific. Usually US-NZ (& I don't care if it transits Oz or Fiji or wherever so long as it's <16 hours) 2-3 times a year, but regular US-China 2-3 and US-UK 1-2 times a year. Travel within the US 10-15 times a year for work tends to be on SW (occasional AA or Alaska) and almost always to one of the coasts simply because they happen to go where I need to and I like them.
(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)
Reply: QF Gold. Also SW and NZ *A. AA AC membership just for reliable lounge access.
(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.)
Reply: In order, upgrades, lounge access, and check in.
(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: Absolute preferences, if I had to say, would be QF, NZ, and, within the US, SW. AA business class is ok, but Y is awful.