Originally Posted by mayama

Hello dear flyers. I have been a mute follower of these forums and now it is my turn to ask for honest advice from the people who know better... I have a dilemma.

What is your home airport?
PVG&SHA
What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Y cheapest economy
How many miles do you usually fly each year?
20k-25k
Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
Star Alliance Gold (Aegean)
What is most important to you in a FFP?
Priority access, free bag and lounge access.
Which routes do you fly most often?
China domestic, China-US,China_Europe,China-Japan, China-Southeast Asia
Preferred Airlines
Air China (CA), UA, All Nippon(NH), Asiana (OZ), Singapore Airlines (SQ)
Do you travel for work or pleasure?
For Pleasure

Since Aegean has changed its request on keeping the SA Gold status, I have three choices:
1. Keep with Aegean (need 24K miles a year since I cannot fly to Greece every year. Mileage claim on UA low fare classes are low)
2. Turn to Asisana (need 40K within two years, good claim on UA's low fare classes. Have chance to be lifetime SA*G if 500K is claimed.)
3. Change to Turkish Airlines (match with TK elite and it has the lowest mileage request among SA*Gs)

I will fly to US every year (UA or FA is preferred). For domestic flys, I sometime would choose CA shortdistance A class cheap tickets for Aegean's 300% claim.

Thanks!