1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
upgrades, priority services, baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, lounge access, etc.
>>> Reply: Baggage allowance, lounge access, priority access
2. How many miles do you usually fly each year? How many flights/sectors?
less than 25000 miles, 50000+ miles and 20-25 flights, etc.
>>> Reply: 50000 miles, 16 flights
3. What fare class do you usually buy?
first, business, premium economy, economy
>>> Reply: Economy
4. Are you able to choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
>>> Reply: Work and pleasure. I can choose airlines, but don't get much choice on class of service.
5. Which routes do you fly most often?
transatlantic, domestic USA, intra-Asia, etc.
>>> Reply: SIN-HKG (usually), SIN-Europe (occasionally), SIN-USA (once per year)
6. What is your home airport?
>>> Reply: SIN
7. Do you have status in any FFP? What is it? How miles do you have banked in each FFP, if any?
>>> Reply: UA *G. 70k banked, 240k lifetime, 3k so far this year.
8. What are your preferred airlines, if any?
>>> Reply: Turkish is nice
I'm currently UA*G, but it's been getting increasingly difficult to qualify. They have one flight out of SIN, and it's at 6am.
I had Silver status on Cathay, but it's also gotten too difficult to qualify with them.