Originally Posted by
Travelman88
(1) What is your home airport? BHX, although LHR is our preferred for long haul.
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Economy for short haul, PE for long.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? No more than 4,000 miles a year but this might be going up some what in the next couple of years.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? BA bronze and Flying blue Silver.
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Points that don't expire, free seat selection (ideally) at the time of booking and lounge access.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? Europe, North America.
(7) Preferred Airlines? None
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Fully leisure so I pay for all my flights either cash or points.
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This does not add up. BA and FB Silver and just 4k miles a year? Do you mean 40k miles?
UA status earns per dollar spent and for Gold (which is the only meaningful status to shoot for) you will need $10k and segments or $12k. That's a lot of PE tickets to get there and you'll need 4 segments on UA, but that sounds doable for you. Yes, UA miles do not expire and they are a reasonable value compared to other programs.
So maybe report back on the 4k miles situation, else I am at a loss what to recommend here