Thanks for your prompt reply.

Here are the answers to the standard questions.

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?

Reply :

Upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, and free- discounted lounge access. So, all of them really. But premium lounge access and free mileage reward based tickets are the most dear to me. I would also like to take the shortest route to Sapphire or Emerald status and be able to keep it relative ease.


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

Reply :

25000-50000, <25 flights/sectors. Economy predominantly with an occasional trip or two in Business, provided I get a great deal.

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

Reply:

Economy/Cheapest.

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?

Reply:

Yes, I am free to choose whatever airline I wish to fly with. The same goes for class of service. Most of my travelling will be for leisure purposes.

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

Reply:

Which ever gives the most competitive fare. OneWorld tickets have never let me down, as they turn out to be the most competitively prices. Two 20,000+ miles trips every year. One to Australia/New Zealand with stopovers in either KUL/SIN/BKK both ways and an additional one in CMB. Second one, again a 20,000+ miles trip to US/Canada with stopovers in LHR/CDG plus another one in either DOH or DXB.

(6) What is your home airport?

Reply:

LHE Lahore, but do also fly from KHI Karachi, and rarely from Islamabad ISB as airfares from ISB tend to be higher priced than from KHI/LHE. KHI being the hub here offers the cheapest airfares from/to any destination globally.

(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?

Reply:

Used to have Emirates Skywards, but I never cared about the miles after flying 2 sector to Europe with them. Must have expired by now. It was ages ago.

Never really cared about frequent flyer programs until now. But considering I will be embarking on a 20,000+ miles journey next month. Finding out that this one trip alone could take me to RUBY status from nothing with some OW frequent flyer programs seems like a great opportunity.

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?

Reply:

None really. I keep a list of MUST AVOID airlines than the other way around. But the upcoming trip would include sectors from Srilankan, Cathay, Qantas, Malaysian and LAN.

Only 2 OW partner airlines operate directly from my country. Srilankan and Qatar Airways. So, I suppose for all outbound/inbound first and last legs, I have to fly with Srilankan or Qatar for onward connecting flights.


Hope you will be able to help me with.

Many thanks.