Originally Posted by
plim8888
Hi all,
Here's my situation. At this point in time I really have no preference for which airline. Appreciate your assessment on what my best options might be.
- Was trying to get to million miler on UA Mileage Plus; but that looks hopeless now given UA do not even fly Singapore to Japan. So I am giving up.
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.) SIN
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) J (Business Class) and Premium Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) About 30K - 60K estimated
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc) None
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.) Upgrade from Business to First Class, Upgrade my children's flight from Economy to Business
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) Singapore to Japan, Singapore to Europe, Singapore to Australia/New Zealand
(7) Preferred Airlines No preference
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you choose your airlines, class of service?) Mainly pleasure; Yes, I have liberty to choose airlines & class of service.
Thanks.
You want C --> F upgrades - that just limits your options quite a bit TBH. UA will allow you to do that on NH to Japan (do they run 773s to SIN these days?). You can also upgrade LH easily with UA for SIN-FRA
I'd say it really depends on how often you need SIN-OZ since there really only SQ is in the game (from a J --> F perspective). Upgrading other than from SQ directly I think is only reasonable with LH (and that I wouldn't recommend - status too difficult to get)
Honestly, being SIN-based, I would go with SQ KF - not terrible earning. Based on your flying pattern you should earn Gold easily