Originally Posted by
Desiderius1980
Hello I would like to have your opinion if I should simply stay with MPO where I just became silver or if I should switch to another program to get to emerald status faster.
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
My Company travel policy don't let me fly J so being able to use the loung is important for me, then award access is important.
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
I do CDG-HKG every two month with a lot of domestic flight in greater China. I will also soon often make CDG-VIE.
it should be around 80k to 100k
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
I can fly up to premium economy class
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure:
I can choose the airlines when I travel for work.
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
I use CX for international and any airlines in china/Taiwan
(6) What is your home airport?
CDG
(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?
I just got MPO silver. I also have 50k miles on FB from a previous life
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
I like cx because it's very efficient when I go to HKG.
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I would stick with CX or look at BAEC.
with BAEC, one return trip from CDG to China in WT+ or CX Premium economy (with the EU and Chinese domestic flights in cheap Y) will net you 220 Tier points - you need 1500 to qualify for Gold, so with one such trip every two months plus the other flying you mentioned you will definitely qualify for BA Gold.
They have recently slashed earnings for discount economy tickets, so carefully check earnings of your domestic China flights using their
earnings calculator.
Award availability isn't too bad, however there's substantial cash surcharges on longhaul flights, especially in premium cabins.