Originally Posted by
angetenar
Does Aegean work for you intra-Europe? They've historically been a very easy way of getting *G but they recently made some changes so that if you can fly a few Aegean segments intra-Europe then getting *G is still quite easy. This would be the best way to get *G for you probably.
On the award flight question, where do you want award flights to? Airlines have the best award availability on their own flights.
I was considering signing up to Aegean's FFP but TP's fast-track to *A Silver was difficult to resist (this time).
A couple of Aegean intra-Europe segments would not be an issue as I have a sweet spot for Greek islands (and try to go there every other year if possible). So this would be a nice problem to have
Award tickets would be mainly for long-haul (leisure) to Brazil so TP makes sense.