Originally Posted by
eosthusiast
Not knowing much about how FFPs work I would have thought that even with economy one should be able to earn status rather quickly if flying such long distances all the time. Roughly 35,000 kms per return trip to Europe amounts to quite a bit if there's a handful of trips like that per year.
No. You need to do the calculation. While the distance is long that does not mean status is easy or quickly to get. It depends a lot on your fare booking class.
http://www.wheretocredit.com/singapore-airlines Note this is for redeemable miles credit. Status earning is different and can be a lot more complicated.
With some ffp's say 5 trips at 7000km could earns more (status and/or miles) than 1 trip at 35,000km. Another airline ffp may get you status quicker. But then what real use will that status be?
Look here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/singa...krisflyer-500/
Originally Posted by
eosthusiast
Thanks for the heads-up about UA and AA opening flights to the US as well. That would actually tie-in nicely with my next trip end of July. UA is part of *A, right?
UA is a member of
http://staralliance.com/
AA is a member of
https://www.oneworld.com/