Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Bregenz, Austria
Programs: AA, BAEC, Alaska, Flying Blue, United, IHG, Hilton
Posts: 2,950
Where to credit
Hi. Hopefully someone can advise me. I have the following flights coming up and I am not sure where to credit them.
BHX-CDG AF (L)
CDG-NRT AF (V)
HND-SYD QF (S)
SYD-MEL QF (S)
MEL-DPS GA (T)
DPS-CGK GA (B)
CGK-ICN GA (T)
ICN-CDG KL (AF metal) (N)
CDG-AMS KL (N)
AMS-BHX KL (L)
A quick look at www.wheretocredit.com shows that the QF flights credit 100% to AS, so that's pretty much a no-brainer, but the others are a puzzle. The KL & AF flights only credit 25% to AS, but 50% to DL. The GA flights seem to credit 25% across the board.
I don't have a Skyteam program at the moment and only have a small balance on AS. I am not loyal to any airline or alliance and have no status anywhere. I just go where the cheapest fares are.
Is it worth opening a DL account and burning the miles on rental cars, or should I just tip all of the AF & KL flights into AS at 25%?