FlyerTalk Forums - View Single Post - Need advice on which *A FF scheme to join? - please post here
Old Aug 25, 2018 | 2:06 pm
  #2100  
cfischer
FlyerTalk Evangelist
50 Countries Visited
3M
80 Nights
20 Years on Site
 
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: BOS/EAP
Programs: UA 1K, AS MVP Gold, MR LTT, HH Dia, IHG Dia, Amex Plat
Posts: 37,474
Originally Posted by beamac
I have recently taken advantage of the LH offer to fly to DEL ( GLA - MUC in J, MUC-FRA in J, FRA-DEL in A and return DEL -FRA in A then FRA-EDI in J) and hope to build on that to gain status. Looking for advice on where to credit miles to build on them with view to gaining *A status, if possible whilst maintaining BA status. Was planning to credit to MM, but A3 /Asiana seem to be the easiest to gain status, (?) but unlikely to fly either as part of my travelling plans- is that an issue ?

1) What is your home airport?
EDI- happy to position ex EU for a deal
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Intra Europe mostly discount economy but occasionally business if feeling flush! Long haul in business
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
20-30k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
BA Silver, hold basic SAS and MMBasically everything that makes the trip itself more comfortable. Redemption of miles is less important but will never refuse the chance to use miles
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
Lounge access, priority boarding- good redemptions to a degree, but less so
(6) Which routes do you fly most often
Mostly intraEurope Spain, Germany, Scandinavia mostly and 1-2 long haul in business per year US or far east
(7) Preferred Airlines
Lufthansa, SAS but open to utilising others if price etc balance out
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
Pleasure- now retired so have plenty time!

Thanks for any advice
UA MP. With enough business class travel @ 200% on LH/LX you should be able to get to 50k qualifying miles which will get you SAG and thus Sen lounge access etc. Wrinkle is ... you need 4 UA segments a year ... if you have 1 trip a year to the US that is easy to do. Redemption with UA is pretty good as well. Earnings will be mediocre, but still better than if you credit to M&M.
cfischer is online now