Congratulations on your first post (after 5 years on FT) ^
Originally Posted by
Sanya1234
(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.)
Status validity for a long period (not only one year), priority services, lounge access, award redemption rates/availability
(8) Preferred Airlines
None in OW
Not aware of any OW airline that has a very long status period. With QF for example if you get status within your year you keep it until the end on the next. That is if you qualify for example, in month 1 or month 12, it will expire at the end of month 24 (1 year after your aniversary)
With some OW FFP's you only drop 1 level per year if you do not requalify. Others your can drop 2 or 3 levels
(as AA's recent change)
http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/member-airline-programmes
http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/my-oneworld-tier-status/
http://www.hotels-and-travel.de/ffp/ (may not be up to date)
Lounge access is by status:-
http://www.oneworld.com/ffp/lounge-access/
www.oneworld.com/ffp/my-oneworld-tier-status/
Often you get better service with the airline of your FFP, when you are flying with them. You are always 2nd with other airlines.
AA is the best for many people. Even with QR's recent joining of OW, there has been little comparison of QR with other FFP's.