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Sep 23, 2016 | 2:34 am

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malmostoso

Join Date: Jul 2013

Location: AMS/RTM

Posts: 2,848

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Originally Posted by Oliver Voeglistuud

(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
FRA
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
cheapest economy fare
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
<25k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc)
no status, no FFP yet, just starting the game

(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.)
aiming at full ROI
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
Europe, Transpacific
(7) Preferred Airlines
Lufthansa
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
Pleasure

I read some articles about FlyerTalk and got hooked. Now I would like to find out what is possible. I am grateful for any advice, helpful insights and assistance...

I'm not sure what you mean by "ROI", but with such little flying and in the cheapest fares possible it's difficult for you to achieve any significant earning. What I would do is to sign up with Miles and More (as it's the only program that will give you a little something for your flying) and get a M&M credit card as well.

Thanks to the card, your miles won't expire and if you put all your spending on the card you'll be able to collect enough to treat yourself to some higher cabin upgrades/awards once every couple of years.

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