I'm trying my luck here as well - after the latest round of enhancements to the Lufthansa Miles&More Program I think it's about time to abandon Lufthansa and look for another airline to fly in 2014. As requested, here are the formal answers:

1) What is your home airport?

CGN and DUS - could also reasonably use FRA, BRU or AMS for long-hauls, but these two are my main ports of departure.

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class?

Including Lufthansa's 25% status-bonus (and considering the 50% only fare I got on some longhauls this year) my current tally stands at approximately 105000K as of today. These miles were collected on 92 Segments so far, almost all in Economy-class.

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?

Lowest available Economy.

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

Choice of airlines is soley mine, class of service is Economy only.

(5) Which routes do you fly most often?

Multi-weekly domestic Germany, plus 2-6 TATL per year. Add a few intra-Europe flights each year to that mix...

(6) Do you have FFP status of any kind of OW or other airline at present?

No OW-status so far, once had AA Gold which I got on a simple West-Coast-Roundtrip when there was a double status miles promotion...

(7) What is most important to you in a FFP?

Lounge access and using miles for family-vacation, preferably in Business Class or above. For mileage tickets no YQ would be a definite plus...but not a requirement.

(8) Preferred Airlines

Would prefer not to use AB or IB on long-haul flights, apart from that I am open to all OW airlines.


Any suggestion? I would not like to use AirBerlin (even if most flights will be with them) and currently wonder whether I should go with AA or BA. I would like to get a status-match by my future Oneworld airline so I would not need to start at the low-end of the food-chain...any suggestions considering my profile?

Greetings - Dirk