Switching to SQ, which program should I join?
Feb 13, 2018 | 3:53 pm
#1
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Switching to SQ, which program should I join?
Hi, I'm new to the Forum. I'm planning to switch to SQ later this year and wonder which program I should join to bank my miles and maybe get status.
I'm based in SFO and is currently Platinum with AA mainly by flying Premium Economy with CX to HKG 2x a year plus a few domestic flight to DFW and ATL. I do fly out from HKG from time to time within Asia. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I'm based in SFO and is currently Platinum with AA mainly by flying Premium Economy with CX to HKG 2x a year plus a few domestic flight to DFW and ATL. I do fly out from HKG from time to time within Asia. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
Feb 13, 2018 | 7:54 pm
#2
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Cng008 Welcome to FT
Why the change to flying on SQ?
SQ is a frequent flyer partner of UA (Star Alliance)
Getting status may be hard.
The grass in not always greener on the other side
General:- Which Frequent Flyer Program to Join? Help Is Here! In this forum as a sticky thread
Oneworld:- Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here]
Star Alliance: Need advice on which Star Alliance FF scheme to join? - please post here
Skyteam:- Which SkyTeam program should I sign up for?
Be mindful of expiry Miles/Points that Do and Don't Expire. Click to open the wiki.
Hi, I'm new to the Forum. I'm planning to switch to SQ later this year and wonder which program I should join to bank my miles and maybe get status.
I'm based in SFO and is currently Platinum with AA mainly by flying Premium Economy with CX to HKG 2x a year plus a few domestic flight to DFW and ATL. I do fly out from HKG from time to time within Asia. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
I'm based in SFO and is currently Platinum with AA mainly by flying Premium Economy with CX to HKG 2x a year plus a few domestic flight to DFW and ATL. I do fly out from HKG from time to time within Asia. Any suggestion will be appreciated.
SQ is a frequent flyer partner of UA (Star Alliance)
Getting status may be hard.
The grass in not always greener on the other side
General:- Which Frequent Flyer Program to Join? Help Is Here! In this forum as a sticky thread
Oneworld:- Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here]
Star Alliance: Need advice on which Star Alliance FF scheme to join? - please post here
Skyteam:- Which SkyTeam program should I sign up for?
Be mindful of expiry Miles/Points that Do and Don't Expire. Click to open the wiki.
Feb 13, 2018 | 8:51 pm
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You could credit the SQ flights to UA and all others to AA as now.
With UA you may be able to get UA ff miles from non-flying activities and/or flying UA USA domestically.
With the change of most USA based ffp's to revenue based for flights on there own airline, flying the airline with best fares and best schedule that matches your requirements now has merit. And then treating any ff miles as a bonus, which may or may not, be able to be used in the future
Feb 14, 2018 | 1:04 am
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AS is a very good ffp, Was even better when DL was a partner & AA a full partner.
https://www.alaskaair.com/content/mi...rline-partners
You could join the SQ ffp. Just crunch the numbers. Have a look at the SQ subforum
Will be hard (impossible?) to get non flying USA spend into the SQ ffp.
SQ have a 3 year hard expiry of ff miles
Where to Credit | Where to Credit Singapore Airlines Flights