Infrequent flyer to anywhere!
Hi eveyone!
I am mostly a *A flyer but I think I am going to increase the frequency of flights on OW.
Note that I am a NOT so frequent flyer! Around 3 intercontinental flights a year in the cheapest airline I can find!
And life is changing all the time, so I will give you my guesses for near future flights and airports.... I will answer the questions as accurately as possible!
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Main objective: status upgrade. Secondary objectives:redeem miles on seat upgrades long-haul or award flights.
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Around 20-40.000 miles a year in 3 intercontinental flights. (maybe not all on OW)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Cheapest!
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Both for work and for pleasure, and I am the one deciding.
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
On OW: British, TAM
Others: TAP, United
a) USA East coast <-> Portugal
b) Portugal <-> Brazil
c) Portugal/Brazil <-> Japan
d) Within Europe
(6) What is your home airport?
Lisbon, or Fortaleza, or Tokyo
(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?
No status for now.
I have around 13.000 avios on British.
(and 12.000 on United and 19.000 on TAP)
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
In future, probably TAM, TAP
Is the there a program on OW suitable for less frequent fliers like Asiana, Aegean and Turkish in *A?
TAM seems to be decent enough to get "Silver" status (15.000m/1y) - impossible for "Gold" (50.000/y)
British avios seem to be for life which is good! And family pooling is a big factor for not so frequent fliers I think....
Thank you for your help!