OKI Welcome to FT
..I am from Israel, flying to east Asia every 2-3 month (about 50K miles a year). Usually, I am taking the SkyTeam’s Aeroflot, but sometimes I need fly OneWorld’s Cathay Pacific.
Flying Aeroflot, I received my Elite status very quick (2 trips).
I’ve just did some checking, and noticed obtaining an equivalent OneWorld status will take me forever (10 trips) – as collecting Cathay’s miles and points is really slow for economy seats. In addition, Cathay charges 100$ fees.
Am I missing something?
Does anyone have an idea for a better course of action? Maybe crediting the mileage to a different FFP?.
With Cathay Pacific CX low cost economy fares can earn few or even nil redeemable ff miles: that's just the way it is.
Example:-
http://www.wheretocredit.com/cathay-pacific-airways/n
What fare booking class do you fly? (will not be Y).
While possible, unlikely you will earn status a faster with another ffp. Calculating the status earning for a ffp can be a lot harder.
What benefits from status will you get?
Alaska AS ffp is another option flying CX, but AS partners are reducing. AA will not be a ff partner from 01 Jan 2018.