Originally Posted by
Mwenenzi
Sereisina Welcome to FT
For me the money is more important than ff miles. For a few % may chose one airline over another. Anyway schedule is first on my list when selecting flights.
Flying business class you are getting many of the benefits of ff status.
Of those 4, Etihad, BA and Qatar are all ff partners of AA. Emirates & BA are ff partners of Alaska AS. So you could have been earning AA or AS ff miles/status.
As this is FT, did you earn any ff miles for all those trips. I note you earned & had/have EK status. [Here on FT is a [i]crime to fly and not earn ff miles
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Hahah. Thank you for your reply! And yes, it would be a crime not to earn FF miles. I earned FF miles on Emirates, BA and Qatar. My biggest problem has been that these miles expire. On Emirates I ended up buying unnecessary jewelry on their website. I need to figure out a way to better use these miles. I cannot seem to stick to one airline every time I fly as it depending on the time of year - the connecting flights, duration of flight, overall prices change.