LHR77W Welcome to downunder ^
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LHR77W
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
(upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)
Reply:Reward availability
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
(<25000, 25000-50000, >50000 miles - <25, 25-50, >50 flights?)
Reply: More than 50k miles. As I'll be relocating to AKL from LHR, I will plan to do a lot of sectors LHR-AKL and vv, as well as AKL-SIN/HKG
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I'd basically like to know what the program to join is considering I want to be able to send my wife on BA award tickets down to Southeast Asia to meet up with me, whilst I fly from Auckland. I will be flying a lot with Air NZ but ideally I'd like to build up points in a oneworld carrier so that I can redeem on BA or Cathay.
Air NZ is very poor ffp (and that is being polite). On low cost fares you get few ANZ points and less again (or nil) with other Star Alliance airline ffp's.
If you want to get ff miles do not fly Air NZ:- air fare price vs rewards
With OneWorld airlines you are limited ex AKL to QF - CX -JL? flights. Can be credited to BA ffp (or AA ffp).
But low cost fares on CX earn little ff miles with any ffp (including CX)
For long haul awards AA is hard to beat. Low miles and nil/low surcharges (unless on BA)
BA is good for short haul awards
QF is a poor ffp (but better than AirNZ)
Sadly AKL is not the best place to be for earning freq flyer miles, even from long haul.