Originally Posted by Haughty Culture

I'm looking to avail of the Saudia sale within the next day or so, and although I am (blasphemously) not a frequent flyer, it makes sense that I make an advantageous choice as to which SkyTeam FF program I should accrue the points from that long-haul flight on.

I probably would be making at least one long-haul flight every couple of years, and at least one UK-to-Europe/North Africa flight annually. I'm veering towards SkyMiles, SKYPASS, Cedar Miles and Flying Club because of their long- or non-expiry policy.

If any scheme has a viable convert-to-shopping discount (similar to Avios with Nectar) then that would also be attractive to me. In that case a short expiry would be less of a problem for me.