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Jun 10, 2022 | 5:37 am

#2348

immanis

Join Date: Oct 2020

Posts: 27

Any thoughts on the best *A airline to collect points casually on:

I'm based out of London so BA/OW is typically my first choice of posting points to. Given I can hit Gold relatively early in a year (July/August-ish for Jan reset), it gives me flexibility to try and earn some status on another alliance for personal travel.
Work travel is in business, but my aim is to get points/status for personal travel which is normally in economy
The London to DAS region is my most common route for business, predominately on Swiss/Lufthansa, and once I'm done hitting BA status or if flight times force me to, I'll usually prefer Swiss
Goal is to find a programme that might give me a shot a meaningful status for personal travel when I do it in economy and/or build up some points balance for *A awards
Once I've hit gold, the option is to try and hit the extra gold tiers which are unlikely, as I'd probably end up around 2000-2500 TP or build up on *A which seems a bit more achievable

(1) What is your home airport? LHR
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) C for business, Y-discounted for personal
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) Maybe a dozen short haul business, plus 2-3 mid/long haul business per year (~6-7hrs)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc) BA Gold
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Non-expiring points, lounge/benefits for personal Y travel
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) On *A - London to DAS on Lufthansa Group flights (Swiss, LH, etc.)
(7) Preferred Airlines Swiss
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you choose your airlines, class of service? Both

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