Originally Posted by RTWtravel7
Hello,
First post here - however I hope to be posting more as I have just booked a RTW ticket with OneWorld (roughly London - NA - SA, Asia - London). My trip starts in mid December and I am quite excited.
One question, is there a consensus on which milage program to choose to receive miles/points? I have used BA Exec Club so far but found them to be quite stingy (25%). From what I've looked into AA seems quite good (100% on most flights?).
Here is some more info and I'm hoping someone can help me out.
All tickets are on L class.
I am flying with various airlines, main ones being Cathay, AA, BA, Lan, Iberia.
Total trip is just over 35k milies or so, and I hope to be a Oneworld Ruby member at the end of it.
Any advice would be much appreciated! Thanks
Ross
Welcome to FT, and read the FAQ sticky - there's a table that shows yield on L class tix to different FFPs depending on the airline flown. It really has to do with your specific routing for the RTW, and more to do with the rest of your travel patterns, taking your country of residence into account.
Depending on which carriers, you might be able to qualify for AA Platinum if you complete the Plat challenge (10K qualifying points - not miles - in 3 months.) See the AA board for details. That would give you double mileage in the AA plan from that point forward.