Originally Posted by bk3day

first post here from lurker who has searched many boards but has yet to figure out how to choose which FF program is best for planned 2007 travel.
apologies in advance for lack of actual flight details and/or if posted in wrong forum:

Assuming same itinerary availability - are there some generally accepted thoughts/factors to help choose which program to tap for following:

Departing from NYC (in order of preference: LGA, JFK then EWR)
Class: First

Planned Flights

NYC - TUS (Feb or Mar 2007)

NYC - Hawaii (LIH or OGG) w/ layover in SFO (Oct 2007)

Under Serious Consideration that May Alter Advice

NYC - AMS (May 2007)

Long Shot that Changes Everything:

NYC - New Zealand (Dec/Jan 2008)

PROGRAMS:

OnePass: 53.192 (never fly anymore)
SkyMiles: 154,619 (active - flights & AMEX SkyMiles card)
AMEX Cards: 80,151 (active - Business Gold, Skymiles Gold, & MRGreen)
AA: 83 (semi active & Citicard - low bal cause just booked LGA-BUR)
TrueBlue: 24 (semi active)

tia