Originally Posted by neildibiase
Sorry about another "which program" post, but I am very confused. I am a Star Alliance Elite, but will be travelling to Africa over Christmas with the family on BA, and I am very confused about which FF program is best to join. No one in my family has miles in any OneWorld program, so that doesn't matter. 4 of us are going BOS-LHR-NBO then DAR-LHR-BOS in WT. I thought the best option was a household account with BA, but I just read I will only get 25% of my miles on a discounted coach ticket. So, I really do not care about status, I just want to get these miles somewhere that I can eventually use them, which program? Does any other airline in OneWorld make sense? Thanks!
On discounted coach you can't even join the BAEC, so that option's out.
AA will indeed give you 25% miles on discount Y. Asiamiles (CX) will give you 50% miles in most discount Y buckets (down to R) so that might be a better choice; Asiamiles are slower-earning than some programs but have better award features on some itineraries than some other plans. If your other travel takes you to Asia that might be worth looking into.