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Old Oct 17, 2014 | 12:12 am
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Manoams
 
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 6
Questions
For members asking for information, to help people to assist you, can you please provide:
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?

Award flights from Hawaii to Japan and Japan to Europe on economy Fuel surcharges from or to Japan where I usually fly are insane with JAL so I am not sure what other choice I have for redeeming flights without paying $600 in taxes for a supposedly awarded ticket. Free Oneworld business lounge access would also be very nice but with my amount of flying I don't expect to be able to get that.

Increased luggage allowance is not a big deal because JAL always gives me 2x 23kg check in luggage even for cheapest economy flights

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

25000 to 30000 all in economy, 4 or 5 flights?

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

Cheapest economy flights, often less than 100% mileage accrual rate.

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Can always choose airline and fly for mostly pleasure (seeing family)

(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often

Honolulu (HNL)- Osaka (KIX, ITM)
Osaka (KIX, ITM) - Paris (CDG, ORY), Geneva (GVA)
Honolulu (HNL) - Los Angeles (LAX)
Osaka (KIX, ITM) - Seoul (ICN, GMP), Bangkok (BKK)

Usually JAL because there is no American from HNL. Also use Qatar pretty often and British Airways from time to time

(6) What is your home airport?
Honolulu, however I actually fly more often from KIX/ITM

(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in an airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
Unfortunately not because until I discovered this forum recently I have been acting stupid and am all over the place. I have way too many different mileage cards (sometimes the same alliance) so I end up never having enough miles for award or FFP.
Right now though 28000 miles on Jal Mileage Bank, 18000 on ANA Mileage Club, 15000 on Delta Skymiles, 12000 on Hawaiianmiles, 20000 on Lufthansa Miles & More

As you can see ANA and Lufthansa are both SA and I could have accrued hawaiian air miles on my ANA card instead and combined I would have had 50000 miles if I stuck to the ANA card.

(8) Preferred Airlines
JAL and Qatar most often (JAL usually has pretty cheap flights to Japan from Hawaii). But I don't mind any other company's card as long as I can get award flights from time to time.

Frankly I am not sure if a oneworld FFP would be the best for my case. Star Alliance definitely has a lot more flights from Osaka.
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