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Old Feb 24, 2017 | 11:32 am
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Originally Posted by tobitronics
Hi all,

Used to be (still am) a ST Elite +, however I have got some flights in J on OW carriers coming up and I need to decide which program to credit them to. Trips are as follows:

Trip 1: 6 segments (2 domestic US on AA, 2 inter-EU on BA/IB, 2 intercontinental on AA) all in J/D/I booking class

Trip 2: 4 segments: 2 inter-EU (LHR-HEL) in J on BA operated by AY, 2 inter-EU (HEL-TLL) in flex-economy (Y) on BA operated by AY.

Trip 3: 4 segments, all long-haul J (booking class R) on QR

Figured that these flights will land me the highest tier on somewhat any OW carrier's FF programme, but I am asking here for experiences with different programmes with respect to benefits as well as miles value/redemption.

(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Reply: Upgrades, then lounge access/priority
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
Reply: 25-35 flights, 50/50 between EU and intercontinental (North America, South America and Central- + East-Asia)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Reply: , 90% of the time lowest price economy
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Only pleasure as of now, choice based on alliance (FF status) and price
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
Reply: For now KLM, inter European routes
(6) What is your home airport?
Reply: AMS
(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?
Reply: ST Gold on KLM/AF with around 70k miles in reserve
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
Reply: Stayed loyal to ST until now, I like KLM/AF (also most flights on these).

Hope you guys can point me in a right direction
unlike star alliance and skyteam, oneworld has more tier of elite. it is not clear that u can earn the highest tier on oneworld alliance with your current booking. for example, ba requires 1500 tier point for gold. amd your long haul on qr with 4 segments get u 560 tier points only. u would still need 4 segments on ba even if u have 1500 tier points.

aa requires 100k eqm for emerald, assuming your qr long haul has 20k flown miles, and r class earns 1.5 per miles, which lands you 30k.eqm which is 30% of the requirement.
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