Hi All! New to the FT forums.
I originally posted in the *A forum because I'm more familiar with that team, but given my circumstances, I figure I'd ask and get some advice from the oneworld group.
Questions
For members asking for information, to help people to assist you, can you please provide:
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- Free lounge access
- Easy requalification
- Upgrades
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Normally I fly 10-20K, but that will increase given my circumstance (which I'll explain below)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Traditionally I've chosen the cheapest fares.
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
I predominantly travel to attend (academic) conferences, but will also be traveling to see my family given my impending move.
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
Historically, I have flown with *A from YOW to various destinations in North America and Europe (e.g., OSL).
(6) What is your home airport?
My home airport has been YOW/YYZ, but I'm moving to MEL and so that will be my home for the next couple of years.
(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
I flew AA a couple times in the past, but nothing banked in the AAAdvantage I don't think. I've amassed 20K miles this year with AC on *A.
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
I suppose my preferred airline is AC as I've flown them often and know they have okay food and cabin comfort. But I'm open to new things.
For 2017, I will be making a one-way flight from YYZ to MEL (haven't decided on the FFP yet), followed by a trip from MEL to YYZ/YOW, then to PHX, back to MEL, followed by another trip in the summer from MEL to YYZ, then to DEN and back to MEL. There might be some smaller trips in there (e.g., MEL to SYD), and potentially a MEL to BRN trip in September, but those transpacs are the big ones for sure.
I figure if I joined *A with TK or OZ, I could easily get my *A gold status, but wondering if there's a OW FFP that I should be looking at instead.
Cheers!