Originally Posted by
Cfleming929
Hey everyone! I recently moved to Singapore and expect to be undertaking a bit of travel with work. I’d love to get OWE status if possible and exploring options for which FFP to use to try and get there. Any advice for Asia based travellers would be greatly appreciated!
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
OWE status, followed by good award redemption rates
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
It wildly varies, but when paying cash for flights, usually 1 return business flight long haul (I.e. SIN - LHR) and 2 return business flights short haul (I.e. SIN - HKG)
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
I mostly redeem avios for award flights, otherwise go for the cheapest possible options in business class when paying cash
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
I can be flexible, and travel for both work and pleasure an even amount
(5) Which routes do you fly most often?
N/A
(6) What is your home airport?
SIN
(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
Royal Jordanian Gold Sparrow (OW Sapphire)
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
I most often fly either QR or CX (though mostly on award flights)
Have you looked at Malaysia or Qantas? With Malaysia you will always be connecting via KUL, but that will increase your earnings towards OWE. With Qantas, you will probably not fly with them directly except for SIN-LHR or SIN-Australia, but they own part of Jetstar Asia which is based in SIN.
TBH you might be better off crediting to Singapore given you are at their hub.
Originally Posted by
Cfleming929
I'd like to aim for OWE for first class lounge access. I expect to be flying OW from SIN, HKG, SYD, DOH which all have great first class lounges.
Heads up that the first class lounge in DOH is not accessible by OWE status alone. You'd need to be flying any oneworld airline in first class, or have some level of QR elite status in their program (I don't remember the specifics here)