Yes I was thinking to get a credit card to earn more/most of my miles. I didn’t realize UA had 0 YQ on LH. Thanks for mentioning that. I was thinking to credit to Asiana as they allow 2 years to get *A gold status and maybe get some free upgrades/lounge access. Then If I get *A gold I can credit to United until I have to requalify for Asiana. From what I can see Asiana doesn’t have fuel surcharge for United. So maybe I can just use Asiana and book a United award ticket to FRA?
Awardhacker lists Ewr to Del as 85k round trip in Y. I assume you mean J is one way?
Originally Posted by
PiperAtGatesofDawn
2 trips to India in a year in Y will take you around 2+ years to score a oneway US/India ticket unless you’re buying very expensive Y tickets. FRA oneway will probably be possible in ~1.5 years.
So you should look at a credit card strategy to supplement your miles.
ORD/EWR are UA hubs and FRA is LHs hub. So it probably makes a little more sense to stick to *A and credit your miles to UA’s MP.
All the major US carriers have 0 YQ on their own and most of their partner flights (BA miles tickets on AA are a noteable exception). They only have a $5-6 security fee.