Originally Posted by
xDan
Hello guys, I have only just joined Flyertalk and this my first post here.
For me good award redemption rate is of utmost importance, followed by the better award access and upgrades.
I definitely fly less than 25000 miles at the moment. But in the near foreseeable future, I am going to be gradually increasing my travel, both domestic as well as International. Most of the international is going to be within Asia.
I mostly prefer business and premium economy. I am interested in trying out some of the better products available, which means if I get a very good award redemption and have to add a few extra bucks out of my pocket, then I will surely not mind that.
So far I have only travelled for leisure and education, but like I have mentioned above, I will be travelling often for my travel blog in the very near future.
I am mostly going to be flying within Asia, and also a lot domestically in India.
My home airport is Mumbai (BOM).
I have recently joined Vistara FFP. I have only taken one short return trip so far, and so there are very few points in that purse.
Thanks,
Saadaan
Given the presence of Air India in Mumbai, I would imagine a Star Alliance program which links with Air India would be best. I'm least familiar with Star Alliance of the three alliances, so I don't want to give too significant of an opinion, but I know there are some on this board who use the Aegean frequent flyer program as the easiest way to get Star Alliance Gold status, which includes priority boarding, lounge access, and extra baggage on all Star Alliance flights. I'm not sure how easy it is to redeem flights with Aegean, that's a question for a more experienced Star Alliance flyer.