Originally Posted by
blindsboy21
My objective isn't for status. Just trying to maximize my mileage return on the flights. I do have quite a substantial amount of UA and EVA miles. However, since UA went revenue based, I've started to diversify into SQ and EVA. Currently, I only have a small balance of SQ miles from flying United. I have Ultimate rewards, and Citi TYPs where I can top off my balance to SQ Krisflyer for award redemptions.
The grass in not always
greener on the other side
Frequent flyer miles are not equal to earn or burn. 10,000 miles in 1 ffp may get you a longer award flight than 15,000 ff miles in another ffp. And then there is award cash surcharges. Have you looked at the UA, SQ & Eva award charts?
Awards assistance tools (use at your own risk. May not be up to date. These are not recommendations)
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AwardAce: Compare Award Redemptions Across Airlines In Seconds -->
http://www.awardace.com/
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Economical Excursionist's Tools to compare Frequent Flyer Mile Redemptions -->
http://www.flyermiler.com/
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http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...ast-miles.html -->
http://www.awardhacker.com/
SQ miles have a hard expiry. Use them or loose them
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...-t-expire.html
Originally Posted by
blindsboy21
Thanks to Mwenenzi for the link. I didn't see a K class on the ANA chart. Does that mean that I won't earn any miles for crediting to SQ?
If its not listed nil miles. But far better to check the ANA site. And try to find out what ANA K maps to in other ffp's for earning. It may be K or may not be.
USA based airline ffp's tend to be more generous (status benefits/earn/burn/upgrades/award cost/award cash surcharges/expiry/affiliated credit card ff mile earning/promotions) compared to non USA based airline ffp’s (even after the recently announced changes to some USA ffp’s). But if you are not flying the airline of your ffp the useful benefits are somewhat limited.
Again: -The grass in not always
greener on the other side