Hey all! I am a college student looking for a suitable OW FFP. I have flown with JAL and AA in the past, though have yet to acquired status with any of the two. I am trying to decide to stick to only one FFP, and was wondering whether I should stick with either of the two above or start fresh with something else (i.e. CX). I also plan on doing MR in the future, but probably once every 2 months due to my obligation.


(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
I would say upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, better award access.

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Because I fly back and forth between Asia (HAN) and America (JFK or ORD) RT about twice a year, plus occasional domestic flights, I would say somewhere around ~30,000 - 35,000 miles a year?

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Mostly Econ., a few times Prem. Econ.

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
I frequently fly for winter & spring break, which has been AA recently. I also fly transcon in summer because home is in Asia.

(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
PHL-ORD, HAN-JFK, HAN-IAD

(6) What is your home airport?
During summer and sometimes January - HAN
For the most part of the year I would either fly out from JFK or IAD, or for shorter routes from PHL.

(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?
Basic AAdvantage and JAL Mileage Bank.
For AA, I have 1,800 EQMs and 3/30 EQSs.
For JAL, current mileage balance is at 16,700 and lifetime mileage is at 25,400.

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
I mostly fly with JAL and AA.

I am new to this so please bare with me for any confusion in my replies. Please advise on what FFP I should stick with!