As a previous OW loyalist which I decided to ditch them as BA does no longer serve either of my main airports (BKK and HEL) I'm having trouble deciding on a program. I have *G from OZ from a couple of LH/LX F round trips I made in 2008 but as OZ is bound to merge with KE I assume that's out of the question. I currently have 18 *A flights booked (below) and I have been scratching my head where to credit everything.
I was pretty much already settled with SQ as it's close to my home base which is BKK but they just devalued their miles by 10% which made me rethink. Also maintaining the status with them seems to be one of the trickiest out there. I can't do LH group as I usually tend to buy very low J fares so rev based programs make very little sense. I have played around wheretocredit for a while (results also below) but would be very thankful for any insights more experienced *A fliers might have on a program to choose. Thank you!
(1) What is your home airport? BKK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? C
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? >50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? *G OZ, OWE
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? 1. Status validity (alliance wide lounge access, priority security etc.), 2. J/F redemptions
(6) Which routes do you fly most often I'm all over the place but probably most often Asia-Europe
(7) Preferred Airlines No preference on *A but I go out of my way to avoid long haul TG and mainland Chinese carriers
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? All travel paid from own pocket
Currently booked on *A (route, airline, booking class):
BKK-SIN; SQ D
SIN-FRA; SQ D
ARN-ZRH; LX Z
ZRH-SIN; LX Z
SIN-BKK; SQ U
CDG-FRA; LH P
FRA-AUS; LH P
AUS-IAH; UA P
IAH-AKL; NZ J
AKL-NRT; NZ J
NRT-ZRH; LX P
ZRH-CDG; LX P
DPS-SIN; SQ D
SIN-ZRH; LX P
ZRH-JFK; LX P
JFK-MUC; LH P
MUC-SIN; SQ D
SIN-DPS; SQ D
Where to credit accurals:
SQ TOTAL: 77223
TG TOTAL: 70656
OZ TOTAL: 59741 (Credit LH P elsewhere)
SK TOTAL: 83961
EDIT: Looks like I would earn close to 68k miles on TK so just 12k shy from Elite+ and as TK validity seems to be 2 years and it serves both BKK and HEL it seems like the way to go.
Last edited by AnttiV; Jun 8, 2022 at 4:07 am
Reason: Looks like TK is the way to go