Having already met qualifying criteria to hold onto A3*G until 11/2017, I'm tempted to credit this year's miles flown to another *A FFP.
I'm primarily after easier award redemption, but better upgrade chance and credit rates for carriers i fly with are certainly a bonus.
1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
Lounge access - for all these hours spent at airports while connecting (showers, food, etc.)
Priority during IROPS - recently had an AZ flight cancelled, had to wait for 24h for my flight home
Good award redemption rates - anything better than A3 M+B out there in that regard?
Better award access - the primary reason for this post. Compared to M+B, MileagePlus is light years ahead wrt ease of redeeming miles
2. How many miles do you usually fly each year? How many flights/sectors?
The stats for the year that just passed:
71k actual miles flown, 32 segments. Only
24 segments were with *A carriers, and they netted me about
31k miles at A3 M+B.
It's interesting that 9 segments and 26k miles were flown with UA.
For the year ahead i'm looking at similar numbers, maybe a little lower.
3. What fare class do you usually buy?
Mostly economy, but since i usually book only 2-3 weeks in advance, sometimes i'm lucky and only PE is left
4. Are you able to choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
It's mostly business travel and i can choose the airline, provided there isn't a much cheaper alternative.
5. Which routes do you fly most often?
TATL
Being based in Greece (and not ATH at that!) this usually means a lot of connections.
However my vicinity to IST (about 7-8 hours by bus) allows for flights from there.
6. What is your home airport?
KVA, AXD, SKG, IST
7. Do you have status in any FFP? What is it? How miles do you have banked in each FFP, if any?
None.
OW - Have banked some Avios.
ST - Could not enroll at Delta (their enrollment website form requires a US zip code!) and FlyingBlue seems a waste of time.
8. What are your preferred airlines, if any?
Aegean, Turkish
For anyone in my shoes out there: where do you prefer to bank miles with redemption in mind, after having achieved status?