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LASNRT
(1) What is your home airport? LAS, but can easily get to LAX or SFO
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Economy - and cheap economy (K, L, etc.)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 75k-100k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? UA Platinum Premier, OZ Gold (almost Diamond)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Star Gold status (lounge, extra bag, priority boarding)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? LAS/LAX/SFO to TYO (x2/year) HKG (x2/year) CPT or JNB (1-2x/year), and somewhere else in Asia and somewhere in Europe 1x/year
(7) Preferred Airlines - UA, NH, OZ, Lufthansa Group
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Only pleasure; I have a work schedule that allows me to take a week off easily, so I’ll frequently make a quick trip to Asia for 5/6 nights, etc.
I was in the middle of transitioning from UA to OZ; now that the OZ-KE merger has been announced, it looks like OZ won’t be part of Star Alliance for much longer, so I need to reset my reset.
I generally don’t fly to/through ATH so A3 would be a challenge for me.
Thank you for your advice!
So I would say that you should look into Miles & Smiles (Turkish airlines) or COPA. They have reasonable miles requirements tho the lower economy fares to earn 50% or less. There isn't a big difference between there charts with the airlines you listed. Turkish does offer some solid redemption options as well beside just statues.