Originally Posted by
blue bear
Moving to Lisbon late Fall this year. Main TATL will be return to Seattle to visit fam.
Racked up some points with Alaska, but wondering if TAP/United is a better deal.
1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
Upgrades, lounge access
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How long will you be living in Lisbon for? A few years / decades?
Upgrades on EU airlines are nothing like on USA based airlines. Always expect to fly in the seats you pay for.
Are you familiar with what short haul UK EU business class is? [economy seats with middle seat unoccupied for most airlines]
OW (AA~QF) are trialing an alliance wide upgrade scheme-->
Oneworld alliance-wide upgrades
Will you/can you fly enough on AS to maintain status?
Oneworld partners BA & IB are in that part of the world.
BA fly LHR SEA non stop.
Have you priced out LIS-XXX-SEA fares?
Wikipedia SEA -->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattl...tional_Airport
Wikipedia LIS-->
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisbon_Airport
Staying with OW/AS a practical solution. Would get status benefits with Oneworld. Mainly lounge access . Starting from the bottom in another (Star A?) ffp a harder path.
http://www.gcmap.com/mapui?P=c%3Ablu...=bm&PW=3&DU=mi