Originally Posted by
cmd320
Even so, if that's the case, a couple trips to Italy and a few domestic economy roundtrips are unlikely to yield the $6000 (each) in EQD needed to hit Platinum and attain Sapphire. Not sure if the flying patterns would give them enough TPs for BA Silver either.
This is why I was thinking UA might be a better option, because they have a foreign address so the PQD requirement is waived.
However, I have thought about all of the comments here and they may be better off just not flying coach anymore and choosing whichever PE or business class seats are the cheapest and strike their fancy (rather than trying to stick to a loyalty program). I like the UA silver perks I get, but they can just pay for preferred seats or whatever and don't need to "earn" them. So I guess the real issue is to just convince them they should spend the money and do it. So maybe I was actually approaching the problem from the wrong direction and the issue isn't that they need a loyalty program, the issue is they just need to fly business class or premium economy.
I haven't flown domestic in a while, but I also used to prefer B6 for SFO-NYC flights.