The only other thing you could consider is LH HON status.
But, thats useful if you fly a lot of LH/LX...

Otherwise, I would keep it the same.

Thanks..I figured where I was at maybe the best. I forgot about LX crediting to HON. I like LX's C and F product, but really don't care for C on LH.

LH C is indeed awful.
I guess they do have a market..as they are in no hurry to improve their product in C. (i mean the seat).

LX C/F ..i have never flown them. However, seems to get great reviews ..and you have experience with that.

HON is a good idea.

Another thing I'd suggest is US - they're trying to improve their (outdated) reputation, so they haven't screwed their elites quite as much as the competition. Also, their new Envoy Suites product is reportedly fantastic.

Hi, you should take a look at Asiana Airlines, by only flying 35k miles a year will get you no where with SQ or M&M only * Silver status.

Asiana Club you do have to fly 40k miles before you get * Gold status and than 40k miles for every 24months to maintain *Gold status.

You would be able to use Biz check in, priority luggage and lounge + 1 guest. The downside is the miles burn ratio when you are trying to redeem award travels.
500k gets you lifetime *Gold

Hope my humble recommendation helps.. I was once SQGold.. they get treated the same as Asiana*Gold. SQ Gold / 50k a year..

For a fare of INR 15k , paying INR 2k personally to get an additional to get 2k miles is not worth it for me..
Company would not pay the fare difference since we need to book thru a corp agent website and can book fares shown there..
I tried to do a dummy booking giving the next day's flight and returning the folloing day and TG still showed the cheapest class and fare , so I guess this will also be a hit or miss..

Hi,

I'm new to FT, but it seems like a gold mine of information! I'd really appreciate advice on which progamme would be best for us. I also wanted to ask whether it is worth joining BMI Diamond because they seem to allow you to have family miles? Usually when I travel it is with my partner, and I think it would take us some time to independently get enough miles to qualify for free flights. One more thing to add is that over the coming month I will be travelling the following route with my partner, mostly on Air New Zealand:

LHR-LAX-PPT-AKL(-WLG-CHC-ZQN-AKL)-HKG-LHR

I think that equates to quite a few miles, but as we have got some quite cheap seats I don't know whether it will actually add up to many air miles.


(1) What is your home airport? LHR
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Cheapest economy airfare I can find.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? Around 20,000.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? None.
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Lounge access would be good, and longer mileage expiry.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? Mostly within Europe.
(7) Preferred Airlines? None.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure

Thank you for your help!

Welcome to FT! Enjoy the site and learn!

BMI Has been sold (if you already didnt know). I dont know the new rules yet..as it is leaving Star Alliance.

For 20K miles, Aegean Airlines is your only option.

For Air New Zealand, the cheapest fares do not earn any miles on any program, ...so, if you find the fare-class you booked, compare it with the earning classes on Aegeans website. Then compare with Air NZ website as well. Perhaps you might get some miles if you credit to Air NZ.

Thanks for the speedy reply! I've had a look at those programmes, and it seems that our flights won't earn many miles at all with them. Would we still be eligible with any *A programme to earn segments or status points that aren't miles? Sorry if I'm completely wrong on the terminology here! With Air New Zealand we would earn about 400 status points for our travels over the coming month, which is just below the amount necessary for silver status.

Whatever miles / points you earn in any Star program will depend on the fare class of the ticket you have purchased with Air NZ. I suggest you first find out your ticket fare class. Then compare it across programs such as Aegean, Turkish, Asiana (these are the three best programs for low mileage flyers).
Unfortunately, the cheapest fares earn either very little miles or none at all.

FF & MR assistance
 

1. SEA
2. Econ
3. <25K
4. Newbie
5. Upgrades
6. US Dom 2-3 x/yr
Trans ocean 1 x/yr
7. DL, VX, WN

I am wondering what the good and great CPM is goint at now. I have been doing some trial MRs and have been getting at or just above .03 CPM.

Hello my Flyer talk friends

I was wondering if you could help me work out which Star Alliance to join. I have filled out the info that most people give, however my situation is a little different. As I live in Australia, Star Alliance is not possible for domestic travel so I am Qantas Gold. However, I am just about to embark on the following journHong ey in July.

What I am aiming for is to get enough points to get a ticket from brisbane to new zealand, even if its one way. The RTW journey has some 1 qantas flight from SYD to Hong Kong which obviusly won't get me Star Alliance points but the rest is:

Hong Kong to Zurich on Swiss
Geneva to New York on Swiss
JFK to Sydney on United ( one flight number 819 via SFO)

I also have two internal flights with Air Canada - Boston to Quebec City and Toronto to Chicago.

Standard Info:

(1) What is your home airport? Brisbane
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Cheapest economy or business airfare I can find.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? Around 20,000.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? None for Star Alliance Qantas Gold Frequnt Flyer
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? For this its all about getting points, The Qantas Pub (oops Club!!!) keeps me very loyal to them
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? Mostly within Australia.
(7) Preferred Airlines? None.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Both - allthouogh no FF points awarded for work travel :td:

Any advice would be most appreciated. Thanks heaps

Used to be JK Gold - Now what?
 

(1) What is your home airport? MAD
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? Around 100,000 but split across one world, star, sky team
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? Gold Iberia, Gold Spanair (worth nothing since they just went bust), Silver FlyingBlue
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Lounge access, accumulating and redeeming miles
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? 4* year MAD-USA, 6* year MAD-GRU or CDG-GRU, 4*year MAD-SCL or MAD-EZE, 12* year MAD-LON or MAD-CDG, 12*year MAD-PMI
(7) Preferred Airlines? Iberia has lots of nonstops to Latin America from MAD but is expensive. TAM seems fine for Brazil
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Both

Thanks for the advice!

Marcos

it seems that you put in about 30-35K in Star Alliance per year? If you are splitting 100K between the three alliances.

Your best option for Star Gold is currently Aegean, Asiana or Turkish airlines.
They have the low thresholds for Star Gold requirement.

Lounge access through the system.

<25K = Aegean for Star Gold.
You wont get free upgrades on other airlines.
For free domestic US upgrades, 25K miles per year is highly unlikely to get you anything in any US based airline.