Trying to avoid starting a new thread; my situation is not the typical for this thread.
I am a Delta/SkyTeam flyer due to location (FSD). I am in an usual situation where I need to go to Jeddah Saudi Arabia for business. Trying as hard as I could, I was unable to find reasonably priced Biz flights on SkyTeam, so they booked my on Star with LH in J. (Which, I admit, is a pretty good problem to have.)
Qualification miles mean nothing for me on Star. So my question is where should I credit the miles? I don't know all the rules that well, and figure I can do better than United. I like to fly to Europe and Hawaii. Coach fine to Hawaii, biz or higher for over the pond. My gut tells me Aeroplane or Singapore, but I just don't know who will credit me the max miles. Or, should I still be looking at United with the revenue changes? Or is Turkish or others better?
I will answer the questions below:
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
FSD
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
For this, J (biz).
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
<25K on Star
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc)
Yes, Plat on Delta
Nothing currently on Star; used to have TK gold on a status match, but they yanked it on me since I was not crediting flights.
(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.)
Travel to Europe or Hawaii. For Europe, F or J seats. For Hawaii, Y ok. Also, very important for me to be able to combine with UR, TY, MR, or SPG points.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
Most often, for star it has been domestic economy for revenue tickets. I have flown LH F with United miles before the devaluation thanks to UR points.
(7) Preferred Airlines
DL (whoops.....) Really does not matter for Star.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
When using Star, it is almost always pleasure on award flights.