(1) What is your home airport?
IND

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
2014: V, U, E, W, Q, T, H

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
2014, Probably just at 25k, def not up to 50k. When i made Goild in 2012-13 it was on segs, not miles.

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
None currently. I was UA Gold in 2012-13, job change killed that, and this year with new job, I calculated I just squeaked at 30 segments, but that was spread over different carriers (the bulk of my flights were on UA).

(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Accruing/redeeming miles for family vacations is most important, pretty much domestic travel a couple times per year. I funnel mileage+ dining and hilton double-dip to UA right now. I could do that to AA or whatever other airline I choose (if i move from UA). I used to get upgraded all the time as a silver on UA, and that never happened this year. I also have the chase preferred card so accruing gobs of points there and can use on any carrier.

(6) Which routes do you fly most often
US Domestic - when I fly for work these days it will be MSP, IAH, DFW, OKC, KC, OMA, FLL, MSY, BOS. Anything else will be gravy.

(7) Preferred Airlines Right now UA just because I am most familiar, and also with hub at ORD, I like to connect thru there on my returns, b/c if something happens I can just grab a car and be home in 3 hrs.

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
almost all for work, with a handful of flights domestic each year for personal. i control my own bookings w/ work, but if i select a more expensive flight i have to be able to justify (i usually can). been talking about taking a trip to Europe in a few years, and would like to accrue/use points for that.

UA point redemption has been great for me thru the years...with good planning Ive always been able to get exactly the routes/times we want for only 25K or less per leg. I am hearing that in 2015 that UA's redemption requirements will increase...if so, want to know if i will be able to do any better on accrual/redemption on another carrier, or just stick w/ UA