jamilsayuti Welcome to FT
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jamilsayuti
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
(upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)
Reply: upgrades on travel
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Hope anyone can recommend which program to get best mileage accumulation for class upgrades.
Being 100% realistic upgrades are not going to happen
What is your definition of "best mileage"? Freq flyer are not equal to earn or burn. They are not 1 to 1.
Are you a member of the QR ffp?
For upgrades the general rule is you can only upgrade a flight marketed (flight number) and operated (metal) by the airline of your frequent flyer programme (no codeshares) with your airlines upgrade instrument (e.g. SWU, miles) or complementary with status (if applicable) or ff miles/cash. All subject to the t&c's of your FFP and your paid ticket. Low cost tickets are often not eligible for upgrades. Cross airline upgrades are uncommon. If cross airline upgrades are offered they tend to require a very expensive base economy fare. Its is only USA based airlines that commonly give out upgrades to their own freq flyer due to status (free) or with miles/cash co pay. The upgrade process with non USA airlines is a lot different. You need to look at the individual ffp.