Flying to Europe, best program to accumulate miles?!

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Dec 24, 2007 | 11:47 am
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Hey there,

I'm flying to Europe from California on United/Lufthansa....

I'm trying to figure out which airline miles program I should use to accumulate miles?!

I currently have about 20k with Asiamiles, but that does not good. (I'm planning on eventually topping off the account with starwood points)

I'm looking for a program that has a good reputation for cheap redemption and valuable miles...

Someone mentioned Singapore miles, is that my best bet?

I hope this is the right place to post this...

Thanks a lot.... Dan
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Dec 24, 2007 | 9:12 pm
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It really depends on what you want out of a frequent flier program and what you plan to do with the miles that you accumulate. There is no single program that is best for everyone.
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Dec 24, 2007 | 10:02 pm
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Thanks for your reply... Good points.

I guess I'll be interested in using my miles to probably fly to the far east.

I remember someone told me US mileage programs are less valuable than Asian/European programs.... So I was wondering if anyone can recommend any mileage partners with United that would have reasonable mileage tickets to Asia...

Thanks for your help. Dan
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Dec 24, 2007 | 10:23 pm
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Do you fly F, C or Y?
That alone makes huge difference.
If you fly paid F or C, look for LH or BD program.
If you fly Y, then UA MP is the program I like the most.
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Dec 24, 2007 | 11:47 pm
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Never felt so ignorant in my life.... Have no idea what F, C or Y mean..... Then LH BD (are those airlines??!)

UA Mp?!?

Thanks a lot for your help, I'm sure it's valuable..
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Dec 25, 2007 | 12:30 am
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chaimdan
Never felt so ignorant in my life.... Have no idea what F, C or Y mean..... Then LH BD (are those airlines??!)

UA Mp?!?

Thanks a lot for your help, I'm sure it's valuable..
F=First Class
C=Business Class
Y=Economy Class

LH=Lufthansa
BD=BMI (former British Midland)
UA=United Airlines

UA Mp=the Frequent Flyer program of United Airlines

For more comparison between UA Mp and LH M&M (=Miles and More) see: http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=665304
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Dec 27, 2007 | 6:28 am
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I'm looking for a program that has a good reputation for cheap redemption and valuable miles...
I doubt that any of us here have much idea what this is supposed to mean. Your questions are so vague that they are essentially impossible to answer.

I suggest that you spend a bit of time studying the wealth of info offered on this site and then ask some more informed questions.

I'll get you started, however. There are 3 major airline alliances: Star, OneWorld, and SkyTeam. The idea is to accrue miles in any member of a particular alliance and then use the miles on another. For example, I'm a UA guy. UA belongs to the Star Alliance (*A). I could accrue miles on UA flying around the US and to Europe and then use said miles to buy award tickets on Singapore Airlines (SQ) to Asia.

Good luck and good studying!
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