Originally Posted by
ChicagoDave
How many EQM do you think you'll fly? Look at the benefits that you'd earn on each airline with that level and see which is more appealing to you. If I flew 100k miles or more, I'd prefer AA's 8 SWU vs UA's 6 GPU, but since I only fly 50k miles, I prefer the unlimited domestic upgrades on UA vs AA's 500 mile vouchers. There are tradeoffs for each program.
That's hard to predict since it varies depending on project.
If I'm assigned to a domestic project, it will probably average 2 trips per month, but those could be 1000 mile round trips or 4000 mile round trips. If I'm assigned to a European project, it could be 1 trip each month or maybe only 1 trip every two months.
So it could really be anywhere from 20k to 100k in a year. I'm thinking the chances of going over 100k are probably pretty slim.