Originally Posted by
njfan07
(1) What is your home airport? MCO, BKK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? RTW Business
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 45K - about 1.5 RTW plus some occasionally flights in SE Asia
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? None in *A
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Award redemption rates, access to US lounges
(6) Which routes do you fly most often RTW
(7) Preferred Airlines None
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure
Have done multiple RTW with OneWorld but now looking to start using *A. Credited my flights mostly to Qatar and was able to get Platinum (top OneWorld status - Emerald) with only 1 RT Asia-US and 1.5 RTW trips because of the bonuses and unusual credit scheme they use. That allowed me to access all OneWorld 1st class lounges in the US even when flying domestic. Any such FFP with *A?
Have used United for multiple award flights over the years but is crediting the miles to United the best way to accrue miles for awards (Also have multiple Chase and UA credit cards).
This is a lot more difficult with *A. Operating carrier matters, so RTW *A is not granular enough. This generally books into Z class for LHG, UA, NH etc and that earn with all airline partners. You need a non-UA airline for US domestic access and 1.5 RTW should get you there easily. No F lounge access with *A unless flying F. I’d look into TK to be honest instead of UA. Unless you fly a lot of LHG and NH your earnings won’t be great and even then with UA*G there is no domestic lounge access.