Originally Posted by germansoks
I am wondering why one would wanna be a member of THREE frequent flyer programs within *alliance if one was not doing enough travel to gain status on all three (or even one of them). If I was you I'd pick a program and stick with it. make sure you know what earns you how many miles and book accordingly to maximize the number of miles earned into that account. after all, what good is it to you if you earn 10,000 miles in each account but don't get anything in return from that. on top of not gaining any status - and hence missing out on the benfits - you're also spreading out your miles into different accounts and it will take you even longer to aquire enough for an upgrade or award travel.
as for this trip: crediting it to BMI doesn't make much sense since there is nothing to be credited. don't know how far along you are with your LH account and where you live (as that is important in how many miles you need to gain FTL) but maybe you wanna think about crediting this flight to your M&M account and do so with any upcoming trips for the remainder of the year as well and establish status there.
jsut my 2cents.
Most of my travelling is with oneworld. BMI is my main Star Alliance account. I resurrected an old, and empty, Lufthansa account to take advantage of the Status Match promotion in early 2004 (at the time I already had earned status with BMI).
What I'm really hoping to clarify here - as the Diamond Club agent I got on the phone was totally useless - is whether W on SQ will qualify for any points in Diamond Club. I can certainly make use of just 15,000 in KrisFlyer (one-way within Asia for example), so I'm happy to join a third scheme rather than lose the points altogether.
By-the-way: W on BMI longhaul accrues at 100% she told me.