Do we have any further information on when the AS takeover of HA will be effective for oneworld mileage accrual purposes?

If the only eligible routes sold with AA codeshares are operated by AA (or AA and BA), then it is arguably deceptive to mention "oneworld carriers," rather than just to specify AA or AA and BA. It's even more deceptive if AA does not define "eligible routes" in a place readily accessible by the traveler.

No. Look in the AS forum. https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alas...eage-plan-442/
And the OW web site and OW thread--> https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/onew...merged-40.html
From comments in the AS HA threads when AS took over Virgin USA took over a year to merge the ffp's

Pretty cool idea, we do have some friends in the states we could stopover with... Even if we do tend to have access to much cheaper RT to CGKfares (I tend to budget around 8-900 p/p)

Hey everyone! I recently moved to Singapore and expect to be undertaking a bit of travel with work. I’d love to get OWE status if possible and exploring options for which FFP to use to try and get there. Any advice for Asia based travellers would be greatly appreciated!

(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
OWE status, followed by good award redemption rates

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
It wildly varies, but when paying cash for flights, usually 1 return business flight long haul (I.e. SIN - LHR) and 2 return business flights short haul (I.e. SIN - HKG)

(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
I mostly redeem avios for award flights, otherwise go for the cheapest possible options in business class when paying cash

(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
I can be flexible, and travel for both work and pleasure an even amount

(5) Which routes do you fly most often?
N/A

(6) What is your home airport?
SIN

(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
Royal Jordanian Gold Sparrow (OW Sapphire)

(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
I most often fly either QR or CX (though mostly on award flights)

Are you flying econ or biz for work?

Why not continue with Royal Jordanian (who do not use avois)?
Where do get the avios from? (BA QR IB EI AY ffp's)
What do hope OW Emerald will do for you, over OW Sapphire?

Sorry i should have mentioned, with Royal Jordanian I only got there with a status match. To earn OWE with them I'd be starting from scratch, same as any other FFP.

I get avios primarily through CC spend and occasionally purchasing in sales.

I'd like to aim for OWE for first class lounge access. I expect to be flying OW from SIN, HKG, SYD, DOH which all have great first class lounges.

Based on your paid flying patterns

"It wildly varies, but when paying cash for flights, usually 1 return business flight long haul (I.e. SIN - LHR) and 2 return business flights short haul (I.e. SIN - HKG)"

why would you expect to attain anything beyond oneworld Ruby?

I recognise this alone wouldn't even get me OWS, though ill be taking other (as yet unplanned) flights for both business and pleasure over the coming year. Not knowing qhat they are yet, i haven't included...but do expect to be able to achieve OWE through a fair amount of flying.

Actually, if you were willing to connect in DOH in each direction on your SIN-LHR roundtrip, and credited those flights and your two SIN-HKG roundtrips to Iberia, you would be achingly close to attaining oneworld Sapphire status. But it might be easier to attain OWE status via a different program.

how many of these unplanned flights will be award flights? you may still not be able to achieve OWE because of that. you also need to consider that *A is stronger in asia, and SQ is also with *A, so they maybe a better fit if you wish to take advantage of the relocation to SG and visit asia countries. im assuming you arent from asia originally. OW do have cx and jl, but it will be a non-direct flight outside of hk and japan

If you can handle the constant delays, don't forget about MH. I've used them quite a bit in the last couple of years and find them to be quite decent. I do live in Japan so that's an advantage, but find OW to be just fine in Asia. Aside from maybe needing a connection where *A can get there nonstop, I rarely see any better fares on *A in Asia than OW. One issue though is that MH economy fares mostly don't credit outside of Enrich. But if you're flying business class, then no issues.

it's not about the fares, but the convenience. flights within asia can be quite short, so doesnt make sense to add a lot to the travel time by taking a round about route and a layover. also, flights with a layover is unlikely to have the best timing

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