Originally Posted by
Shacklef0rd
(1) What is your home airport? DUS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y within Europe, N for long distance
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 25-50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? Iberia Oro (OW Sapphire), BA Bronze (OW Ruby)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Free lounge access, upgrades
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? Around 3-4x return trips per year long distance:Germany - US Westcoast + Germany - Asia; around 5-10 trips within Europe
(7) Preferred Airlines: No preferences, for travel within Germany I usually use Eurowings, medium-/ long- distance depending on price, but prefer LH
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Both, flexible with booking work travel
Been flying a lot with Airberlin and now "stuck" with LH family flights. Would like to get a *A status to use lounges on my trips, as I usually fly in Premium Economy and not Business.
Thanks!
Eurowings is
not part of *A. It only earns miles in 4 programs, LH, UA, ANA, and AC. So most of those Europe trips out of DUS would have to go through FRA or MUC unless you're willing to stick to 1 of the 4 programs I mentioned above. And, the cheap LH Y fares earn nothing in most programs. If you even want 50%, you have to be buying a mid tier S fare.
LH group is very stingy in terms of mileage accrual in Y for the "lucrative" programs in *A, but since you're flying premium economy, that shouldn't be a problem. I would go with TK or OZ but only if you'll consistently be flying in N and not Y for the long-hauls.