Originally Posted by abraxis

..(1) What is your home airport? SFO

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Whatever is the going rate in Y that gets me 100% RDM/EQM

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (50k-100k)

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? UA MM, AA Plat

(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Priority service, upgrades if possible, lounge access (not that important since got *G via UA MM)

(6) Which routes do you fly most often (Transpacific, inter Asia, US Domestic)

(7) Preferred Airlines SQ, NH, OZ BR

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure I guess, since I don't fly on OPM.

I was a 1K flying on my own money for 7 years. When UA went revenue based (thus declaring my money wasn't worth flown status), I went to AA EXP for 3 years until they did the unoriginal thing this year, moving to revenue based, just like UA who copied DL. Innovation!

Most of my flights wind up in Singapore but with occasional trips ending in HKG, PVG or HND. I've done some research and uncovered the following: NH and BR are confusing, SQ Krisflyer doesn't have a wiki for its program (or I just couldn't find it), OZ has easier requirements (but what do you get with their top tier?) Basically, if I fly 100k on any of these programs, which one has the best perks and value?