Originally Posted by
waitingforsanity
Be kind, be gentle, I'm new.
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Racking up as many points as possible for personal use at a later date, and miles that do not expire.
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
The travel varies.
Reply:I travel to our HQ, Portland, Oregon roundtrip 1-2 times per month (1,676mi - 3,352mi)
There are additional flights to and from new acquisitions such as Dallas, Shreveport, etc.
-Travel to and from HQ (ONT>PDX) 20,112 - 40,224 miles minimum per year.
-Add in acquisition estimates (ONT>SHV) 2,740 - 5,480 miles per month which is 65,760 - 65760 miles per year just for acquisitions.
-That is a yearly combined total of 85,872 - 105,984 miles.
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Reply:Business Class
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Travel is for work, I cannot select the airline, but I can opt for business class, I need the leg room.
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
(US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: Domestic flights, with the possibility of 1 international flight (yet to be determined). Typically ONT>PDX or LAX>PDX, and then ONT or LAX to an acquisition like SHV.
(6) What is your home airport?
(SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: I would prefer my home airport to be ONT, but sometimes they book a flight out of LAX.
(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?
(AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: I do not have any higher status with my FFP. I've only recently in this last month started a new position which requires frequent travel.
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: AmericanAirlines per company and sometimes JetBlue.
Well, AA doesn't fly nonstop from ONT to PDX, nor, for that matter from LAX. Alaska airlines flies ONT-PDX nonstop (also code-shared by AA) but uses RJs with no first class. AS has FC from LAX to PDX, or you could fly US/AA in FC ONT-xPHX-PDX if you can afford the extra time.
You probably should sign up for the Platinum Challenge with AA. If you accumulate 10,000 elite qualifying points in 3 months you'll make Platinum (Oneworld sapphire) which will double your mileage earning on AA/US/AS and most Oneworld carriers. ONT-PHX-PDX and back would earn roughly 4000 EQP per round trip in first class, so if you're doing just that, you'd hit Plat halfway through your third trip, or sooner if you fly AA/US to other destinations. (If you fly on AS metal, book under the AA code and that will count too.)
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/ameri...-platinum.html
With your anticipated flying, you ought to be able to make AA Executive Platinum fairly easily, with all the perks implied. But start with the Plat challenge since one of your aims is rapid accumulation of redeemable miles.