Originally Posted by
the810
...following recent cuts at BA and AB, I'm starting to switch my travel from oneworld to Star Alliance. With my first *A in years coming within few weeks, I could use some advice on what programme to use.
First some info on my travel patterns: I mostly fly economy within Europe (for next year I expect mostly Nordic destinations) with one, max two business longhauls per year. If I'd stick to oneworld, sector qualification could be an option, however, I can't find anyone in Star Alliance who does that on alliance level (i.e. who counts sectors flown on any *A airline).
My goal is lounge access. Reward flights are nice but not a priority.
The grass in not always
greener on the other side
You get lounge access based on class of travel or status. Earning status on short (Eu) economy fares will be hard on all carriers. Some low cost fares can earn little or nil redeemable ff miles/points.
www.http://wheretocredit.com/
Be careful about miles/points expiry. In particular hard expiry, like with LH M&M.
Some, but not all ffp's are listed here
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/miles...-t-expire.html (click to open the wiki)
And again the grass in not always
greener on the other side. All
grass in ffp's is now fading to dried up brown