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I am flying CX J metal this weekend and I should put my miles towards a OW program. I used to be AA Platinum and have 120k Million Miler miles on them. I have nothing else in terms of OW FFP enrollment. Given that would AA still be a good place for me to put miles into for the point of the MM program? Any regular miles I get from this trip I will probably move into Aeroplan through Points.com or some convoluted Starwood swap.
The flight on CX is such a good deal (J for NRT-HKG-YYZ retun) at less than USD $3k that I will probably fly this route again but have no expectation that I will hit Sapphire or Emerald, so it's a toss up for either going to a program with some decent redemption options for the miles I earn from this trip or either going back to trusty AA and their MM program.
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Since the one way is 9652 miles or thereabouts, a J round trip will give you 28956 EQP. Immediate Gold as long as AA continues to ignore the
4 AA flights rule. Two such flights in a calendar year would yield AA PLT. (Or CX Silver)
If I thought I were going to fly again this year, crediting to AA would be a good idea. If the calendar doesn't match your flights, consider CX. CX Silver has benefits in HKG worth considering.
Happy wandering
Fred