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I am going to be flying MEL-SIN-MNL return in C/J monthly. Am looking to fly SQ and thus for a *A FF program.

Having compared Trukish, Aegean, Asiana and SAS programs, it seems the others will get me to *G somewhat quicker, but in terms of earning/burning Eurobonus seems best with C/J on SQ earning 200% flown miles and their award chart being either the same or lower for comparable trips then the others. Am I wrong? Am I missing something?

Star* awards comes with fuel surcharges on SAS, not sure about the others.

You should also take into account what kind of awards you are looking to use your miles for. E.g., starting from next year it will only be possible to redeem F awards on LH if you are *G (SEN or HON) with M&M, and I believe SQ suites are only available for SQ KrisFlyer members. In general, availability for premium cabin awards is often better for members of the airlines' own FFPs.

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Originally Posted by clifford79 (Post 21504897)

From what I understand it is only LX. According to this post in the LH forum by Oliver2002 about some of the changes or "enhancements" as it is called! But please correct me if I am wrong.

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Originally Posted by oliver2002 (Post 21474603)

Starting January 1, 2014, SWISS will exclude general M&M members as well as frequent travelers from redeeming first class awards. Can we expect a similar step for flights with Lufthansa?

The decision to only offer first class award tickets on SWISS to Senators and HON Circle members was internal to SWISS. This decision, just like, for example, the different treatment of upgrade redemptions, lies within the individual scope of each fully integrated airline in the M&M program.
At this point of time Lufthansa does not intend to follow SWISS with these measures.

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Originally Posted by chrisljo (Post 21504308)

Star* awards comes with fuel surcharges on SAS, not sure about the others.

So can anyone here help whether fuel surcharges are standard across my other *A FF options too?

To make it more clear:

If you take an Award on a SAS flight you won't pay fuel surcharges. That makes it in my opinion very attractive as I get two or three trips a year to US or Asia for 50€ per person.

Also some other carriers seems to be working without fuel surcharges, had it on UA recently for FRA -> SFO booked through EuroBonus. But there are mixed stories about that around, some had to pay fuel surcharges, some didn't. I remeber another topic where AC flights in Canada/US were free of additional charges.

Most of the other *A programs I know have fuel surcharges on all flights.

Is there a site where I can estimate YQ/fuel surcharges for a particular itinerary?

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Originally Posted by alect (Post 21584069)

Is there a site where I can estimate YQ/fuel surcharges for a particular itinerary?

Most airline will show it as a breakdown of taxes and fees, but you can also use this search engine:
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/

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Originally Posted by chrisljo (Post 21584102)

Most airline will show it as a breakdown of taxes and fees, but you can also use this search engine:
http://matrix.itasoftware.com/

I know of ITA - BUT that won't let me understand the YQ or other surcharges applicable to a SK ticket with TG metal for eg

Also is the qualification period for elite status a calendar year or from the date you join?

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Originally Posted by alect (Post 21584126)

Also is the qualification period for elite status a calendar year or from the date you join?

For SAS its a year from the month you join.