Originally Posted by
KILOHOTEL
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Good Member benefits, Lounge access and good award redemption rates for holidays.
(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: I only fly economy, I have no set amount of miles per year that I fly but I want to be doing mileage runs as I just do it for collecting the miles, this is going to be a new hobby for me :-)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
(First, Business, Premium economy, Economy, cheapest)
Reply: economy
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Airline most flown? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Pleasure, I mostly fly Aer Lingus but their FF is not worth it.
Aer Lingus has been purchased by IAG. IAG also own BA & Iberia, so it’s expected that Aer Lingus ffp will be rolled into the avois freq flyer scheme.
So join the BA ffp, even with the recent devaluation.
The airline you fly and the airline ffp you credit those flights to does not need to be the same. That is what ff partners are all about.
You do not fly enough to get status, so unlikely to get lounge access from status.
In Eu, your flights will cost more than the ff miles benefits you may get. It is really only in USA that mileage runs work, but with recent changes to USA ffp’s that is decreasing.
Buy flights where you want to go, on price & schedule, and treat any miles/avios as a side benefit.