FF scheme in economy
 

Hello,

I'm flying right now a MONE5
BA: CDG-LHR-CAI-LHR-SEZ-NBO-LUN//VFA-JNB//CPT-JNB
CX: JNB-HKG-CEB-HKG-BKK
QF: SIN-DPS-PER-SYD-CNS//BNE-CHC//BNE-xxx
AA: xxx-SFO-SJO-DFW-CUN-MIA-CDG

xxx is Hawaii, cant remember IATA code for it.

I'm an AA member. I kept the flight coupons for all my BA flights in the last 6 months (did not claim I was an AA member at this time).

Now I'm wondering what is wise about getting my miles in.

I'm flying CX in a couple of days from JNB and just joined Asia Miles a few minutes ago just in case.

Basically question is:
What should I do ? put everything on AAdvantage ? or split wisely ?

(I'm a mere peon and flying economy)

Any recommendation is welcome.



[This message has been edited by bearaway (edited 07-11-2003).]

The wisdom based on recent changes on the majors' FF progs (QF, AA, BA) is that discount econ is pretty much un-rewarded by FF progs. Most give you 0/25% of miles.

But I had a quick look at the AY freq flyer prog and their table of earning rates:

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On most OW airlines M class gives you 100% miles. That's a great deal. IN fact for some reason even the cheapest AA fares (L) earn 100% miles on AY (while more expensive N fares only get 50% - anomaly?). AMAZING. Maybe I myself should think about switching to their program.

Now I don't know about their status level achievement threshholds - someone else may elucidate. But OW is OW right?

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