Originally Posted by snod08 (Post 17696842)

Other airlines with lower threshold are Turkish and Asiana.
Cheap fares almost earn nothing on Asiana.
I would suggest reading through Turkish's loyalty program and see if the fares you buy will earn miles on them.

For low mileage flyers, yes Aegean is the fastest way to Star Gold.

Originally Posted by Globalist (Post 17689155)

Now BMI's departure from *A is imminent i need to look for a new home. ROP and SQ KF are not for me.

(1) What is your home airport? SIN
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, And Y)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25k on * which is usually enought to reach status with class multipliers)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (9 years of BD*G)
(5) What is most important to you in a ffp? (Class if service multiplier Cx2 Fx3, miles dont expire, low treshold to Gold)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (Asia-europe)
(7) Preferred Airlines (TG, SQ)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (both, i can make my own choices.)

Any advise?

Thanks,
Globalist

Originally Posted by Globalist (Post 17709021)

Anyone? I am struggling to find a program where miles dont expire, I can earn solely on other *carriers, have a f class multiplier of 3x and c class 2x, and have a reasonable threshold to gold. Seems M&M comes close except for the 100k miles for gold?

Originally Posted by cristo (Post 17703791)

I took at a look at the earning tables, and it seems like most of the cheap tickets on the airlines I normally fly earn equivalent miles as they currently do in diamond club. I could easily get 40k miles in 24 months, but then I could really use a *gold card for 2012 (my bd card expires in july, but then it likely won't be star alliance for all that time anyway!). I gather neither status match?

I dunno, what do you guys in the know think: are there many huge differences between asiana and aegean that should sway me either way?

Originally Posted by FlyGrrlMB (Post 17703317)

(1) new home - LHR
(2) mileage - 100K
(3) Economy fare
(4) Work travel, can choose airline
(5) Future R/T destinations: AMS (6x), YVR(4x), YYZ(4x), IAD(3x), RTM(3x), ZHR(3x), HEL(2x), HKG(1x), LAS(1x) -- some domestic travel once I'm in Canada, USA, NL, and FI
(6) current status: UA Gold (37,9 on UA and 3,6 on CO in 2011, so think I'll lose status for 2012, right? ), BA Bronze (13,7)
(7) MOST IMPORTANT: upgrades on travel and free lounge access

I realise I've made the mistake of not consolidating my air miles in the past - ready to be loyal to one airline, but not sure which. Thinking BA since I'm flying out of LHR...?

So grateful for this forum! Thanks in advance.

Originally Posted by FlyGrrlMB (Post 17721832)

Thanks snod08! My first FT posting, really appreciate your reply. I'll ask in OneWorld, too. Based on your response, though, sounds like it's not a big deal to have a loyalty program that isn't the primary airlines out of the hub? If I'm United *Gold, does it makes sense to shift to M&M?

Originally Posted by IlliniRon (Post 17694933)

(1) What is your home airport? SFO
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Bus Class Int, Coach Domestic
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 120k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? UA 1k
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Domestic upgrades and easy award redemption
(6) Which routes do you fly most often SFO to Asia and Latam and some Europe
(7) Preferred Airlines SQ
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Mostly work (business class intl) and some personal travel

Originally Posted by sach32 (Post 17701907)

(1) What is your home airport?
SFO

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Y, but often C

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
100k

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
I do not. VX mostly to use their cheap F upgrades

(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Frequent upgrades and award redemption


(6) Which routes do you fly most often
Domestic: SFO to JFK/BOS/ORD/DAL 5-7 per year
International: SFO to LHR/FRA, SFO to BOM/BLR, SFO-NRT, 3-4 such trips per year

(7) Preferred Airlines
I love Virgin, but their international options are non-existent. I have been hoping and waiting to see if they will join one of the alliances, but looks unlikely. And they are not a good fit going forward since I will have more international travel.

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
Work mostly

Suggestions? If (as likely) the suggestion is going to be UA, any comments on how easy are upgrades especially for international flights out of SFO?

Thanks!
S

Originally Posted by snod08 (Post 17709555)

Aegean may be your only other option. They do offer 2X for F fares I think.
20K qualifying miles = Star Gold for three years.

Originally Posted by PVDtoDEL (Post 17726501)

A3 is 300% F, 200% J on many airlines, but not all...

Originally Posted by WestofSIN (Post 17729444)

I usually fly SQ for work and only achieved KF Gold status last year because of an additional US trip. I'm thinking of switching to another FF program where it's easier to achieve & maintain Gold status. Any help or suggestions are appreciated!

(1) What is your home airport? SIN
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Usually Y within Asia & 1 long haul in C per year
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 25k-50k with approximately 1 trip / month or every 6 weeks.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? KF Gold but it's very unlikely to be renewed
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? priority services when flying the airline, waitlist priority, free lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often almost exclusively within Asia
(7) Preferred Airlines SQ, TG, OZ, CX
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Work