Hi
Giles, and welcome to the OneWorld forum
Originally Posted by Giles
If I understand OW correctly it is a way to accumulate miles on an OW member carrier when flying a different OW member carrier? And that once those miles have been posted to that particular carrier they cant be transferred to other member carriers?or can they?
Your understanding is correct. Once you have made the decision as to where to credit your flights, you can't decide at a later date you'd rather have those miles in a different program.
My travel is infrequent because I wasnt actively pursuing FF rewards. So if it meant flying more frequently to obtain / maintain some sort of reward status then I would. Or is my "goal" travel not frequent enough to warrant MR's? (ie- the expense of the runs would outweigh the expense of paying for the cost of the goal trip).
If you are only flying once every two years, I wouldn't consider flying for status. Just use your travel budget to travel when and where you need to go.
The good news is that BWI-PER should earn you roughly 23K miles RT. It only takes 25K on AA to get a free domestic coach ticket. As long as you have activity in your account every three years, your miles won't expire. You can easily bump your mileage balance by getting an AAdvantage credit card. There are enrollment bonuses, plus you get 1 mile per dollar spent. Thus, you could easily earn one free domestic coach ticket for every paid ticket to Perth - not bad!