Originally Posted by
fifty_two
he never said its easier . He mentionned both programs separately for two different cases
FB to reach gold/platinium with J or C flights and retain status in A3 M&B
FB is good is you fly long distance flights (long 2 or 3) in J
to retain your status in A3 you need to fly less than to earn it the first time , so its more convenient
It’s better than that! I retained A3*G by flying once to MEL with SQ and once to BZN (google it!) with UA. All in Y. What is want is to use my ridiculously long remaining *G time to qualify for a “better” program.