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A number of threads have been started with members asking for guidance on which mileage programme they should join. In order to help users I have started this thread to allow people to post their requests for information here and to allow people to offer assistance.
For members asking for information please help people to assist you, can you provide:
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
(7) Preferred Airlines
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
GENERAL INFORMATION:
If you fly less than 50k miles per year: it is almost guaranteed that your choice will be between Aegean Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Asiana Airlines. Please look up these airlines' frequent flier programs, and make a decision as to which best suits your needs.
Some considerations to take into account:
Airlines tend to treat members of their own frequent flier program better than members of other frequent flier programs. If you fly one of these airlines, it is recommended that you choose that airline.
Some airlines have better earning/redemption charts for your pattern. For example, if you fly on cheap fares on a certain airline often, Turkish might give you miles for it, while Aegean might not. However, Turkish Airlines might charge much more for the redemption that you want to make than Aegean.
Asiana Airlines offers lifetime Star Alliance Gold for 500k miles over life. The other 2 airlines do not offer this benefit.
Asiana Airlines has a credit card in the USA and some other countries. If you are interested in credit cards, check to make sure that the program that you join has a credit card in your country.
If you still aren't sure which frequent flyer program is for you after looking these up, feel free to ask on this thread.
For members asking for information please help people to assist you, can you provide:
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
(7) Preferred Airlines
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
GENERAL INFORMATION:
If you fly less than 50k miles per year: it is almost guaranteed that your choice will be between Aegean Airlines, Turkish Airlines, and Asiana Airlines. Please look up these airlines' frequent flier programs, and make a decision as to which best suits your needs.
Some considerations to take into account:
Airlines tend to treat members of their own frequent flier program better than members of other frequent flier programs. If you fly one of these airlines, it is recommended that you choose that airline.
Some airlines have better earning/redemption charts for your pattern. For example, if you fly on cheap fares on a certain airline often, Turkish might give you miles for it, while Aegean might not. However, Turkish Airlines might charge much more for the redemption that you want to make than Aegean.
Asiana Airlines offers lifetime Star Alliance Gold for 500k miles over life. The other 2 airlines do not offer this benefit.
Asiana Airlines has a credit card in the USA and some other countries. If you are interested in credit cards, check to make sure that the program that you join has a credit card in your country.
If you still aren't sure which frequent flyer program is for you after looking these up, feel free to ask on this thread.
Need advice on which *A FF scheme to join? - please post here
Sep 17, 2012 | 8:58 am
#991
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 7
I'm based in the UK and I'm about to start working for a company who's head offices are based in San Antonio, Texas. My preferred airport is MAN Manchester and I'll be flying over to the US probably 6 times a year, but my job requires me to travelling throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa 80% of the year so I'm trying to find out which is the best FF program for me.
I can get good, economy flights from Manchester to San Antonio with United so I'll be flying with them when I'm going to the states, however around Europe its going to be a little more difficult to decide. I'm thinking about Lufthansar as like UA, they are part of StarAlliance so I guess its a toss up between UA's MileagePlus or LH's Miles & More.
(1) What is your home airport? (MAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (Note sure as only just started the job)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (none)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Again not sure)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US international, Europe, Middle East, Africa)
(7) Preferred Airlines (United for US international, not sure for the others)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (work, can chooose airlines but generally economy class)
I can get good, economy flights from Manchester to San Antonio with United so I'll be flying with them when I'm going to the states, however around Europe its going to be a little more difficult to decide. I'm thinking about Lufthansar as like UA, they are part of StarAlliance so I guess its a toss up between UA's MileagePlus or LH's Miles & More.
(1) What is your home airport? (MAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (Note sure as only just started the job)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (none)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Again not sure)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US international, Europe, Middle East, Africa)
(7) Preferred Airlines (United for US international, not sure for the others)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (work, can chooose airlines but generally economy class)
Sep 17, 2012 | 11:36 am
#992
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: SYD
Programs: QFF Plat, OZ*G, HH Gold
Posts: 317
I'm based in the UK and I'm about to start working for a company who's head offices are based in San Antonio, Texas. My preferred airport is MAN Manchester and I'll be flying over to the US probably 6 times a year, but my job requires me to travelling throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa 80% of the year so I'm trying to find out which is the best FF program for me.
I can get good, economy flights from Manchester to San Antonio with United so I'll be flying with them when I'm going to the states, however around Europe its going to be a little more difficult to decide. I'm thinking about Lufthansar as like UA, they are part of StarAlliance so I guess its a toss up between UA's MileagePlus or LH's Miles & More.
(1) What is your home airport? (MAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (Note sure as only just started the job)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (none)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Again not sure)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US international, Europe, Middle East, Africa)
(7) Preferred Airlines (United for US international, not sure for the others)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (work, can chooose airlines but generally economy class)
I can get good, economy flights from Manchester to San Antonio with United so I'll be flying with them when I'm going to the states, however around Europe its going to be a little more difficult to decide. I'm thinking about Lufthansar as like UA, they are part of StarAlliance so I guess its a toss up between UA's MileagePlus or LH's Miles & More.
(1) What is your home airport? (MAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (Note sure as only just started the job)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (none)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Again not sure)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US international, Europe, Middle East, Africa)
(7) Preferred Airlines (United for US international, not sure for the others)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (work, can chooose airlines but generally economy class)
Do a bit of research, you need to know what you are trying to get out of the FFPs.
If you want easy status, A3, OZ or TK. Good redemption will be UAMP since you fly with them on long haul already.
Sep 17, 2012 | 4:56 pm
#995
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 7
I've had a look around and I think its going to be a toss up between United or Lufthansa. Still not sure which to go for as United's Silver and Gold Status is only 25K or 50K where as Lufthansa is 35K or 100K but I do get miles on Ibis and Mercure hotels which I'll be mainly using, plus I can claim by long haul points with Lufthansa (please correct me if I'm wrong) and I can use more lounges in the EU.
Decisions, Decisions
Decisions, Decisions
Sep 18, 2012 | 9:11 pm
#996
Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 11
Newbie needs plan
(1) What is your home airport?
EWR, May become PDX soon
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Cheapest
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
None
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Priority Services, redemption, Lounge access - I don't really know what is "better" so to speak. I know that I'd like to get a free international ticket a year, and be able to board sooner, and would like input on whether lounge access is useful - as in usually I get no extra time at the airport, get there, take a flight, hurry to make the connection, and get going at the destination. Is lounge access good to have and why?
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
US Domestic
(7) Preferred Airlines
None, really
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
Work. Can't choose airlines yet.
I am trying to figure out if I should put my US airwars flight miles for a EWR-SFO round trip next week towards Aegean (for the lounge and gold status) or stick with US airways, or choose some other *A airline, like United, which has a hub in EWR.
Thanks a lot!
EWR, May become PDX soon
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Cheapest
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
None
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Priority Services, redemption, Lounge access - I don't really know what is "better" so to speak. I know that I'd like to get a free international ticket a year, and be able to board sooner, and would like input on whether lounge access is useful - as in usually I get no extra time at the airport, get there, take a flight, hurry to make the connection, and get going at the destination. Is lounge access good to have and why?
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
US Domestic
(7) Preferred Airlines
None, really
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
Work. Can't choose airlines yet.
I am trying to figure out if I should put my US airwars flight miles for a EWR-SFO round trip next week towards Aegean (for the lounge and gold status) or stick with US airways, or choose some other *A airline, like United, which has a hub in EWR.
Thanks a lot!
Sep 19, 2012 | 11:26 am
#997
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 252
As a family we're currently American flyers. We have the two Citibank cards which earn Aadvantage miles. Consequently, most of our flying is on American. We usually use our miles to upgrade to business or to purchase business class awards. Usually we take 1-2 family trips per year. We're going to Europe in October and AAward availability is very limited. So, some of us are flying on SQ25/26 on purchased tickets. Which FF program should I sign up for. I'm also not opposed to switching one of our cards to earn miles on a different program so that we have options for booking award flights in the future. So, basically looking for best program to earn/spend miles with credit card spend.
(1) What is your home airport? (SAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy and award seats)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (5K-10K per person * 5)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (AA Gold)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Upgrade with miles from discount economy to business, availability of award seats, earn miles from CC spend)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (varies from year to year, last year Japan, this year Italy)
(7) Preferred Airlines (no idea)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (pleasure, family travel)
Thanks!
(1) What is your home airport? (SAN)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? (Economy and award seats)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (5K-10K per person * 5)
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (AA Gold)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Upgrade with miles from discount economy to business, availability of award seats, earn miles from CC spend)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (varies from year to year, last year Japan, this year Italy)
(7) Preferred Airlines (no idea)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (pleasure, family travel)
Thanks!
Sep 22, 2012 | 3:19 pm
#998
Join Date: Sep 2012
Programs: AC, KL
Posts: 2
I've been an AC Elit (*AG) member for the last 8 years. AC is changing the rules in 2013: one will need 50K to get *AG (not a problem for me - I fly 100K+/yr) and at least 10K miles need to be with AC directly. I am currently based in AMS which is being dominated by KLM: not the best place for *A and AC in particular. I do not fly with AC that often, so I need to see what my options are to switch to another FFP.
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
Sep 22, 2012 | 6:30 pm
#999
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Somewhere over the rainbow
Programs: Airline Free Agent, Bonvoy Platinum, Hyatt Globalist
Posts: 3,862
I've been an AC Elit (*AG) member for the last 8 years. AC is changing the rules in 2013: one will need 50K to get *AG (not a problem for me - I fly 100K+/yr) and at least 10K miles need to be with AC directly. I am currently based in AMS which is being dominated by KLM: not the best place for *A and AC in particular. I do not fly with AC that often, so I need to see what my options are to switch to another FFP.
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
BTW, Singapore Air is SQ not SG
Sep 22, 2012 | 8:38 pm
#1000
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 7,774
I've been an AC Elit (*AG) member for the last 8 years. AC is changing the rules in 2013: one will need 50K to get *AG (not a problem for me - I fly 100K+/yr) and at least 10K miles need to be with AC directly. I am currently based in AMS which is being dominated by KLM: not the best place for *A and AC in particular. I do not fly with AC that often, so I need to see what my options are to switch to another FFP.
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
(1) What is your home airport?
- AMS
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
- Economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
- 100K+, but not always with *A
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
- AC Elit
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
- The most important is to easily redeem the miles for flights: I prefer easy online booking.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
- AMS to USA destinations like MIA, SEA, ORD, PHL, SFO (probably 1/4 or 1/3 of all my travel), AMS-SIN, AMS-KBP, AMS-DXB, AMS-YVR, AMS-YYZ.
(7) Preferred Airlines:
- SG, LH, UA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
- work 80% of my flights
I've been doing some research and figured that getting *AG with someone like Aegean is not crucial for me: I will receive it essentially with majors like UA. SG's KrisFlyer is not an option since they require to write a fax every time you want to redeem with partner airways. I'm guessing that UAMP is my best bet but not sure if FFP of TK or OZ will work as well? What do you think?
Thank you!
A3 is also great if you need flexibility with award bookings, since you can cancel/change for 20 Euro up to 30 minutes before departure.
Singapore Airlines is SQ - SG is SpiceJet, a low-cost-airline in India.
Sep 23, 2012 | 1:35 am
#1001
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Bay Area
Programs: BA - Blue
Posts: 4,722
best *A for family, and perhaps different for me?
I am predominantly a OW flyer, and am EXP on AA. As a family, the occasional flights on *A we used to do were credited to BD, which was great since we could pool miles, and as everyone knows, the earn/burn rates were fantastic. Status was not so important to us then, since we could usefully use our miles for great redemptions. Those days have sadly ended, and we need to think of *A plans for myself, and my wife/daughter, and it may be that we have different needs. Being based in PEK now means that OW doesn't fulfil all our travel needs, and I'm really not sure which plans to pursue.
I have used my AA status to match to TK for 2 years of *G, so will probably credit to them if for no other reason than for baggage allowance on family trips etc. However, my wife/daughter will never achieve status on *A. For their flying, useful accumulation of miles for some redemptions will be the primary goal. If there is a FFP in *A that allows a family membership, that might be ideal, but I can't think of one.
(1) What is your home airport? PEK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? economy.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? Probably 10k/year on *A for me, perhaps 5-10k/year for each of my wife/daughter. If the AA programme goes belly up, I will probably switch to *A for all my flying (80-110k/year currently).
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? I am AA EXP, and matched to TK *G. My wife is AA Gold, but will expire next march.
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Good redemptions for *A are probably most important, but I think our earn rates are so low, may find it difficult to achieve value. We have PP, and most *A lounges are accessible that way, and I have *G for now. The baggage allowance might be useful on family trips.
6) Which routes do you fly most often? On *A: PEK-XXX on CA.
(7) Preferred Airlines (OZ, LH, SQ)? CA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Work for me, pleasure for family.
thanks very much,
tb
I have used my AA status to match to TK for 2 years of *G, so will probably credit to them if for no other reason than for baggage allowance on family trips etc. However, my wife/daughter will never achieve status on *A. For their flying, useful accumulation of miles for some redemptions will be the primary goal. If there is a FFP in *A that allows a family membership, that might be ideal, but I can't think of one.
(1) What is your home airport? PEK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy? economy.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? Probably 10k/year on *A for me, perhaps 5-10k/year for each of my wife/daughter. If the AA programme goes belly up, I will probably switch to *A for all my flying (80-110k/year currently).
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? I am AA EXP, and matched to TK *G. My wife is AA Gold, but will expire next march.
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Good redemptions for *A are probably most important, but I think our earn rates are so low, may find it difficult to achieve value. We have PP, and most *A lounges are accessible that way, and I have *G for now. The baggage allowance might be useful on family trips.
6) Which routes do you fly most often? On *A: PEK-XXX on CA.
(7) Preferred Airlines (OZ, LH, SQ)? CA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Work for me, pleasure for family.
thanks very much,
tb
Sep 24, 2012 | 7:58 pm
#1003
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: PBI / JFK, ISP, LGA
Programs: AA, AS, AV, B6, DL, F9, WN
Posts: 868
I have been thinking about what other Star Alliance airline I would join if the possible merger between AA and US happens. I realize it's yearly but I like to have a set plan if the merger takes place.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.
Last edited by Open Jaw; Sep 24, 2012 at 8:05 pm
Sep 24, 2012 | 8:19 pm
#1004
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
Posts: 7,774
I have been thinking about what other Star Alliance airline I would join if the possible merger between AA and US happens. I realize it's yearly but I like to have a set plan if the merger takes place.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.
Sep 24, 2012 | 8:19 pm
#1005
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: SEA/ORD/ADB
Programs: TK ELPL (*G), AS 100K (OWE), BA Gold (OWE), Hyatt Globalist, Hilton Diamond, Marriott Plat, IHG Plat
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I have been thinking about what other Star Alliance airline I would join if the possible merger between AA and US happens. I realize it's yearly but I like to have a set plan if the merger takes place.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.
I fly about 25,000 to 50,000 miles a year, but most are not on US. I live in NY and travel a lot in the US and Latin America for personal reasons and on my own dime. In the next few years I hope to refocus my travels to Asia. I would like to earn some status and maybe some upgrades for these trips.
What airline would be good for me? I don't have a preferred airline but I hate UA.
Thanks for any info you may give.