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Old Dec 18, 2018, 1:25 pm
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Originally Posted by stitch626
I'll check out United. I've never flown them personally, ever actually. Hadn't considered claiming the miles there. Just trying to figure out which program I'd get the most value and hopefully use out of them. I'd really rather not let the miles go to waste as it is a sizeable chunk.
SQ ff points/miles have a fixed 3 year life. Use them or lose them.
VS ff miles expiry needs work to keep alive. As VS is UK based that can be harder in USA.
With UA ff miles you can use in USA (UA) and are easy to keep alive with non flying activities.

Depends on what you would use the ff miles for. Award cost in ff miles / cash surcharges can vary a lot for the same trip depending on the ffp
https://www.awardhacker.com/
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