Originally Posted by
NZJuniorDoc
I mean realistically there aren’t that many other decent *A options for earn/burn regionally. I need to look into whether I should sign up to UA MP, do a status challenge and earn some orphaned miles perhaps rather than being toss a tiny handful of peanuts from Airpoints
Yes, unless you travel exclusively on NZ in premium cabins, MileagePlus would seem to always have the better earn/burn ratio. Also now that it's nearly impossible to burn Recognition Upgrades, Airpoints provides no additional benefits worth sticking around.