Originally Posted by char777

Hi, I was wondering if someone could point me to what might be the best program for me.

(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?

Probably mileage accrual and ability to redeem award tickets for TATL Y or J.

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?

Usually around 15,000-30,000 with all BIS miles considered, but I split it among different carriers and programs.

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?

Typically Y and I'll buy E+/exit row/whatever you call it about 90% of the time. Occasionally I'll buy domestic F, but that's only if the upsell over Y/E+/C+ is small.

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?

Almost all pleasure

(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?

In a calendar year, typically a lot of US west coast domestic (under two hours), usually one TATL trip, and within the TATL trip, one or two Euro shorthaul legs.

As for airlines, UA was my #1 choice until 2015, when I switched a lot to AS when I briefly lived in the PNW, though I credited AS to my AF/KL FB account. A few thousand were credited to an AA account by mistake. Since moving to LAX last year, most of my segments (half) have been on DL and credited to AF, but then still roughly equal parts UA, AS, and WN here and there.

(6) What is your home airport?

LAX for now, with a lot back and forth LAX-DEN

(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?

Was UA 2P ages ago. I may hit silver in AF FB based on segments this year if I really start flying almost exclusively DL.

Currently I have:
AA: 2,700 miles (I redeemed a few for magazines a while ago)
IB: presumably nothing left over from when I took a few VY legs.

I have the Chase Sapphire, so I suppose BA Avios would be a logical one for me to choose. I'm not familiar with Avios, but it looks like a scam to my eyes, and I can't imagine I'd ever want to redeem a TATL ticket on BA Avios over AF/DL or UA.

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?

Guess I've already answered this. Most of my flying in the past has been on UA and Star, but recently I've preferred DL.

TL;DR: Really, what I'm looking for is a place to park miles accrued in the few times a year I fly on oneworld. I don't really fly AA/BA/etc. all that much, and I fly AS less now, and I credit AS to AF right now as it is.

I'm leaning toward AA or AS' programs, even if none of it ever really amounts to much more than magazine and gift card redemptions. I can't imagine I'd ever make AA my preferred carrier anytime soon, though I will be booking a ticket with them next month. Should I stick with crediting to AA, or start with AS as a oneworld+AS+VX plan to catch any of that odd flying I do, or should I choose BA Avios?

Essentially, which program would get me the most RDMs for flying Y LAX-SEA/DEN/PDX on AA (and possibly) AS metal?

Thanks in advance for your help!