Originally Posted by
sociableorg
(1) What is your home airport? Primarily BRU, but occasionally CDG/AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) 25K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc) Used to be UA Premier got bumped down few months ago to no-status
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.) Lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) BRU to Eastern/Central Europe/Turkey mostly (Moscow, Kiev, Sofia, Vienna, Prague, Istanbul)
(7) Preferred Airlines - Brussels Airlines
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service) Work, cannot choose class of service
Based on other replies in this thread, I am trying to decide between Aegean and Turkish Airlines frequent flyer programs. Any input appreciated here.
Edit (1): I have about 15K miles in UA Mileage Plus. Can I transfer over to Aegean or Turkish easily? Also, I usually travel once or twice a year from BRU to Tampa, FL for pleasure - would be great if I can redeem Aegean/Turkish FF miles for one transatlantic flight.
Edit (2): Answering one of my own questions: Looks like there is no option transfer miles into/out-of Aegean FF program.
However, if you only want to stay in one ffp, I would say TK is better than A3, esp. when you need to fly to Istanbul. Getting and maintaining TK Elite (equivalent to *Gold) is harder then A3 (you actually have to fly more than you are now), but there are several extra benefits associated with TK as well (Family plan, free upgrades, membership gift to others, buying miles for keeping status etc.). Keep that in mind, when you want to manually add miles fly with other *A members, you have to mail TK the boarding pass.