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Old Jan 23, 2018 | 2:20 pm
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Originally Posted by lighting
When living in London for 12 years, BA / Avios and the BA Amex (241) all made sense, now I moved back up north to Yorkshire, it doesn't make any sense at all. I don't want to have to connect in London for every flight.

So Manchester is going to be become my long haul home and as I'm not very good at this sort of thing, I wondered if anyone could suggest a loyalty programme / credit card that would benefit me more?

My business flights are Taiwan and Hong Kong in Asia and most of the major cities in the US and I'm hopeful my US travel will increase with more varied destinations.

I'd say 1-2 Asia flights per year and 3-4 US !

Choice is probably the below;
Virgin
American Airways
Delta
Cathay

If you had to pick one loyalty programme with a credit card to collect, which one would you choose?
What are your objectives from a ffp?
What class do you travel?
The airline you fly and the airline ffp you credit flights to does not need to be the same.

Virgin is not a member of the 3 major alliances, and has limited partners.
Where to Credit | Where to Credit Virgin Atlantic Flights

American Airways and Cathay are Onworld partners of BA

Delta is part of Skyteam. Delta ff miles are often referred to as "sky pesos"
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