Originally Posted by
The_Bouncer
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%?
From what I can see, at least one of each of your AF and KL flights will carry over to AS at the 50% rate, while some at the 25% rate. I'd certainly do the QF to AS since it's 100%. I'm partial to AS (as opposed to AA or DL), so I'm a little biased in this. I'd transfer all miles (asides from GA) to AS, as I've found AS is pretty good with mileage redemption availability.
As well, you can always accrue your AS miles and save up for the coveted F/J flights on Emirates
I'd suggest taking a look at the redemption charts for AS/DL/AA and see which ones would best suit your needs in terms of getting some "free" flights.