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Originally Posted by
BAdrifter
(1) 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: earn enough points for roundtrip F somewhere undecided, lounge access.
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(6) What is your home airport?
(SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: mex/cle/yyz
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Of the above choices Cathay seems the least likely as the only trips I could possibly be using them is yyz-sgn and probably not many trips back n forth. I'm leaning more towards AA since I use that for going between MEX-CLE and mex-major us hubs. im also liking the possibilities of Qatar since it serves the purpose of one of my main routes U.S hub-nbo.
You seem to mixing airline pricing & routes with airline FFP's
They do not need to be same. You can fly and airline yet collect miles in another. This is what FFP partner airlines & alliances are all about. If flying business class in any OneWorld airline (CX, QR, BA etc) you will get AA miles. AA mile earning with OW economy flights are subject to the booking class.
For someone living in the USA, flying med to long haul in business and with an objective of F awards it is hard to go past AA. Cash fuel surcharges on an BA award in F could be very high.
Do the AA plat challenge
http://flyerguide.com/index.php/Challenge_%28AA%29
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-platinum.html
However status with AA will not get you AA domestic lounge access. If you have enough BA flights trying BA status to get lounge access is an option. But to get BA status you must fly 4 BA sectors.
Changes to the AA FFP due to the AA/US takeover/merger are a risk