Originally Posted by
mogoy
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.) DXB
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) for *A that would be Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) 100k to 150k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc) I will soon be OZ*G for life hence looking for another program to achieve the (5)...
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
Most important is earn burn ratio when flying discounted Y, mile expiration is a second concern
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) DXB Europe, DXB SE Asia
(7) Preferred Airlines Any *A but AI !
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?) predominantly for my pleasure
You are kind of limited in what airlines you will fly, since normally deep discount booking classes earn nothing or very little in various FFPs. So you should probably figure out first what airlines you will fly, and then study the earning tables of the FFPs you are interested in. UA and AC are probably your best bet, since they are quite generous in Y.