Originally Posted by
Travel4Love
My home carrier is SK and I therefore try to fly as much on *A carriers as possible. Currently I am looking into some summer travel from CPH to SFO. It's expensive!
It turns out, however, that a biz ticket on AF/DL is only slightly more than an economy ticket on SK. So I am strongly leaning towards that option. Now the question becomes: which ST program should I sign up for to credit those miles to? Is there a program that could tempt me to fly more ST out of CPH? Thank you very much for any good advice.
Just wanted to tip you all about this great guide by Loungebuddy. It answers a lot of the questions in this thread.
https://www.loungebuddy.com/blog/sky...ltimate-guide/
For the Elite status (free luggage and express check-in) it seems Vietnam Airlines and Aerolineas Argentinas is the two easiest to save miles in, with only 15K and 18K miles needed.
However for the Elite Plus status (lounge access) the easiest FFP to reach is the Air Europa program. You only need 32K miles. Other good ones are Flying Blue and Middle East Airlines with 40K to reach this level.
Honorable mention to Korea Air who offer life-time Elite Plus status after 500.000 miles, no matter how slow you earn them 😃
My notes are of course over-simplified to suit the general hunger for tier levels. Availability of award flights is a different chapter.