Originally Posted by
bryanwallace
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.) - syo/sdj but tyo(nrt,hnd) also fine
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) 100k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc) ua 1k million miller
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Lounge access good award redemption for family
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) syo/sdj or tyo to pvg 1-2 a month (obv on hold currently) also sdj/tyo to usa 4-5times a yr.
(7) Preferred Airlines -currently star alliance ..open to change.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? work choose ticket myself, but need to be budget conscious, award trips family for pleasure
hi all,due to all the recent awful changes at united-looking to make a change and wondering what might be best-based in japan ..
As you're a Million Miler at UA, the best option would be to stick with United MileagePlus. Although their redemptions devalued a lot in the past few years and you don't have lounge access on UA Domestic flights, it would be a bit painful to build *G status from the beginning.
If you decide to switch to another FFP, be aware that most *A carriers do not allow, cross-benefiting ( benefiting from multiple FFPs at the same time ) so be aware that you might not have your UA*G benefits ( including extra baggage, lounge access, upgrade list on UA domestic, etc... ) when crediting to another FFP ( either no status or *S ).
Also, IMO, if not urgent, waiting a little bit could be a great option as other partners might also devalue their redemptions.