which frequent flyer program ?
 

I'm trying to decide where to put my miles into . I'm new to this and have just started earning frequent flyer miles for Aegean air Miles and Bonus program. But the only reason I put them in their is because of the access to lounges . ( if there is an easier way , let me know ) .

Aside from that , I don't know where to put my miles. I frequently travel to Asia from the US. I don't travel much domestically in the US. I was thinking of United for a bit but after the announcement of the devaluation of the miles, I'm not sure. It doesn't even have to be Star alliance, just which frequent flyer program should I put my miles in ?

We would need more Info before we could make suggestions, such as what is your home airport, what are your goals to use your miles for.

There is a sticky all about this under Star Alliance.

Welcome to Flyertalk, agb1a.

At the top of this forum is a 'sticky' thread titled 'Need advice on which *A FF scheme to join? - please post here'. Rather than start a new thread, that might be a good place to ask your question.

cheers,

Henry

(1) What is your home airport? MUC, TPE
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Cheap Y fares of if I fly BR I buy Elite
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? About 25K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? A3 Gold
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? good redemption rates in one way C
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)? I fly 2/3 a year from Munich to Taiwan. a few domestic within Germany, which are so short that it doesn't matter how many miles I earn. Also a few trips within Asia from TPE.
(7) Preferred Airlines Usually fly Air China the most since they are so cheap, but they only earn 50% on any ffp. Or times Eva Elite if they have a decent fare. But the cheaper Elite class booking class only earns 50% on A3 as well.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?) Pleasure only

So basically all the FFP only give 50% for CA flights, which I fly the most. Since I already have the *G from A3, I just want the best airline with best redemption rates.
Or are there any other suggestions?

my home airport is JFK . Will be using my miles for free flights preferably not in coach to or around Asia .

Bangkok-based advice appreciated
 

Hi all, have followed FT for years but posting for the first time! Appreciate any help from members:

(1) What is your home airport? BKK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? C for Business travel, Y for leisure.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? >50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? CX Silver,
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Upgrades and priority services when flying.
(6) Which routes do you fly most often Within Asia (C & Y), Asia-Europe (C)
(7) Preferred Airlines CX, SQ, TG, TK
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Both and I can choose my airlines subject to reasonable routings and budgets.

I have been CX elite for the last 10 years and will now need to fly *A network frequently on business class long-haul for the next year. Am curious to know whether it would be more advantageous for me to start *A with TG ROP or TK M&S (most business class flights will be BKK-Eastern Europe-BKK). Thanks in advance.

(1) What is your home airport? PHL
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Economy and sometimes upgrade to Economy/business
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? ~50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? UA Silver
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Security lines and seat upgrades
(6) Which routes do you fly most often US domestic
(7) Preferred Airlines: American, United, US Air, (but open to others)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Work, but I can choose (with preference to cheapest flight).

1. TLV

2. Y

3. That's a very good question. It's very hard to know. In the beginning of the year I was expecting to fly only few thousand miles - just a trip to Europe. But eventually I flew two times to Europe and two times to N. America. Not enough for gold in most companies (Aegean wouldn't give me full miles for most tickets), but still quite a lot

4. Nope. Used to have Aeroplan silver 2 year ago.

5. Status would be nice, but I realize that it's quite impossible to obtain it with the amount of miles that I do. Therefore, award tickets will be nice.

6. Don't have those.

7. I don't care. I try to avoid Lufthansa, because their Y cabin sucks, and I hate FRA, but that's it.

8. Mostly pleasure. If it's business, than I'm from academia, so I can't really go in business, but occasionally I can choose the booking class in the economy.

My short list is Ethiopian, Singapore, Thai, Turkish, Aegean and Asiana. These were chosen on the basis that they (except Aegean) give 100% miles to most booking classes. Of all those Asiana looks like the best chance to get a status, but it seems from their site that I can't really do anything with their award miles from Israel. I am thinking Turkish, but I'll be happy to hear your opinion.

1) What is your home airport? JFK
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y fare
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? <25K (approximately 16,000 miles )
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? I don't have any status with an airline
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? good award redemption rates
(6) Which routes do you fly most often ? To and around Asia ( China, Korea, Hong Kong )
(7) Preferred Airlines ? none
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? both


I'm trying to decide where to put my miles into . I'm new to this and have been earning frequent flyer miles for Aegean air Miles and Bonus program. But the only reason I put them in their is because of the access to lounges . ( if there is an easier way , let me know ) .

Aside from that , I don't know where to put my miles. I frequently travel to Asia from the US. I don't travel much domestically in the US. I was thinking of United for a bit but after the announcement of the devaluation of the miles, I'm not sure. It doesn't even have to be Star alliance, just which frequent flyer program should I put my miles in ? I want to use my miles for free flights .

Hey Folks!

First the questions:
(1) What is your home airport? LAX
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? I don't know the fare class, but I generally fly the cheap options.
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? >50K, last 2 years have been >100k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? United 1K
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? No real priority, lounge is nice, maybe upgrades?
(6) Which routes do you fly most often Transpacific (LAX to NRT mostly)
(7) Preferred Airlines Has been United only because of account status
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? work, but I decide how to fly

OK, so my current situation is that I'm 1K on United because I commute from LAX to NRT all the time. I also fly regularly to Boston and to some parts of Europe. With the announcement that United is changing how they classify status to $ spent not miles flown I'm guessing my always buying cheap tickets isn't going to help me keep my 1k status. Also, slightly annoying is that I can't use Global Upgrades on LAX to NRT flights which is what I fly most often. I like Star Alliance but I'm not locked into anything, so willing to consider whatever. Just trying to figure out what I should do in 2014. Thanks.

(1) What is your home airport? - AMS / SJC

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Economy

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? - Around 50k next year
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? None
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? - Frequent upgrades, award redemption rates to buy tickets
(6) Which routes do you fly most often Transatlantic
(7) Preferred Airlines - Star alliance
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? - 90% work. Can steer airline that'll be booked, all economy though.

anyone else ? I read the other thread and they suggested Asiana airlines but it was posted back in January of 2012 . If I fly less than 25K miles a year, is it still the best option ?

sorry for the bump but would really like some pointers as we head into 2014.....

(1) What is your home airport? DCA.IAD.LAX
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 50k+ willing to break 100k doing mileage runs if need be.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? EVA gold
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? upgrades, lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often 50-50 between dc-lax routes and us-asia routes... so maybe 2-3 trips to asia a year, 5-6 trips to lax a year
(7) Preferred Airlines: probably united/us airways domestic, and EVA for trips to tw
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? mostly pleasure

trying to figure out if united would match my gold status, and if it would be difficult to upgrade to business class seats on eva flights using united miles... since i live in the states, figured that it would be easier accumulating united miles with credit cards and such.... thinking about switching over to united because eva gold and *a gold pretty much has the same benefits, but with united, i think i will get better perks when i fly domestic?

thanks!

considering if i should make a switch
 

i thought perhaps getting some of your inputs would be helpful. i'm currently a UA gold but i'm thinking about whether a switch to another *A or even going back to delta might make sense, given that UA has upped the award redemption amounts and i dont think UA upgrades happen that frequently and i need to take 4 UA flights a year but the good thing about UA is that the taxes on redemptions is relatively low.

(1) What is your home airport? -- SGP
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? -- Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? -- usually can squeeze in enough trips to make it to 50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? -- UA Gold
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? -- Extra baggage, priority baggage, lounge access and upgrades (if possible)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often -- No fixed routes really.
(7) Preferred Airlines -- SQ (because of the connections given that SGP is the home airport, but Krisflyer charges alot more in taxes for award redemptions hence I left Krisflyer)
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Both but largely pleasure

Thanks !