Originally Posted by
Manoams
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..
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(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 Hawaiian miles, 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.
As you are buying tickets by price and FFP consideration second, treat any miles as a bonus.
With so many FFP's with small balances I would carefully check the expiry rules and expiry date of all these FFP's.
Then determine the cost of awards for routes you may fly for all these FFP's
Build up the balance in 1 or more of these and use the miles, before they expire.
Earn to burn is what is important
As you have now realised the airline you fly and the airline FFP you credit miles to does not need to be same (FFP's have partner airlines)
For a residents of the USA AA is still the best OneWorld FFP. As post above some like BA.
Alaska is a good catchall for some people
But as you noted Star airlines may serve you better for the routes you travel