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Old Jan 4, 2019 | 4:38 pm
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Mwenenzi
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Originally Posted by Liam Clifford
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
(upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)
Reply: UPGRADES ON TRAVEL, EXTRA BAGGAGE ALLOWANCE, PRIORITY SERVICE
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(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in an airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
(AA Executive Platinum, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: VIRGIN AUSTRALIA GOLD = 300K MILES BANKED
AMERICAN AIRLINES GOLD = 40K MILES BANKED

(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: VIRGIN, AMERICAN, DELTA, BRITISH AIRWAYS
Hoping for (frequent free) upgrades is a wishful hope. Just does not happen as much as it did say a decade ago.
Airlines are trimming status benefits and making it harder to get status.
A lot of people are flying and ffp's are selling ff miles for $$$ (to credit cards, etc) by plane load (B747 size and not B737 size).

VA Gold limited value outside of Australia, but DL is a partner in USA. Be careful with expiry of the VA ff points.

What's wrong with keeping with AA?
The grass in not always greener on the other side

OP's other thread which may get merged-->Switching Airlines and loyalty - Advice?
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