Best Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program for you?
The answer to this question depends very much on your personal travel profile and objectives.
- what is your definition of best?
- do you value miles/points (or equivalent) for redemption over gaining status?
- do you fly enough to gain any meaningful status?
- what do you want to use the miles/points for (award, upgrade, hotels, what ever)?
- what sort of flight award is of interest (destination, class of travel)?
- are you interested in topping up by paying cash for miles?
- which airline and where do you normally fly?
- are you primarily a leisure or business traveller?
- where do you live?
- do you have other ways of earning points in the various programs, e.g. credit cards, shopping, etc,?
- there is a big difference between a frequent flyer and a frequent spender getting ff miles from a credit card
- etc, etc, etc
(above copied in part from a post by dunk)

Questions
For members asking for information, to help people to assist you, can you please provide:
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Priority Services, In-flight benefits (E+, etc.), Lounge Access

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Reply: 30,000 AA each year. 12,000 other each year. This can vary- one year it might be more and one year it might be less.

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Reply: Economy, Premium Economy

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Sometimes. Mostly pleasure.

(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
Reply: LAX - IST (TK), SNA - DFW (AA)

(6) What is your home airport?
Reply: DFW, SNA, 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?
Reply: TK *G. Might earn AA Gold soon.

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: I like *A but with DFW involved, it's becoming tough.
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