Best FF program
Sep 10, 2000 | 2:31 am
#1
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Join Date: Nov 1999
Location: SYD
Programs: VA Plat, AC 50K
Posts: 2,905
Best FF program
Hi,
What would the be the best FF program for me to accrue mileage in? I have 60,000 points on AN, but as they run on points (km not miles) and I get on 70% for all discounted flights, I'm considering changing for my next RTW and on.
As I live in Australia, would Ua suit me best, or should I try AC with only 35000 miles required for gold? What about LH?
Thanks,
goodo
What would the be the best FF program for me to accrue mileage in? I have 60,000 points on AN, but as they run on points (km not miles) and I get on 70% for all discounted flights, I'm considering changing for my next RTW and on.
As I live in Australia, would Ua suit me best, or should I try AC with only 35000 miles required for gold? What about LH?
Thanks,
goodo
Sep 10, 2000 | 6:18 am
#2
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: Canada
Programs: AC SE 2MM, HH Dd, Bonvoy G; IC S; AA; DL
Posts: 14,496
Two discussion threads might be useful to look at:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum82/HTML/000168.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum82/HTML/000187.html
and, of course, if you haven't seen the new gold comparison chart, check out:
http://members.home.net/deercroft/starall00.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum82/HTML/000168.html
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum82/HTML/000187.html
and, of course, if you haven't seen the new gold comparison chart, check out:
http://members.home.net/deercroft/starall00.html
Sep 10, 2000 | 8:11 am
#3
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Join Date: Sep 1999
Location: Duesseldorf, Germany
Posts: 1,157
Depends mostly, what class of service you usually fly. If it is biz or F you will get the most out of LH's Miles&More b/c with M&M the service class bonus is not just bonus miles, it counts for status, too. M&M gives you 200 % in biz and 300 % in F. Once you've made FTL this is 250 % / 375 %. See the threads BB is referring to as well.
Sep 10, 2000 | 8:32 am
#4
Join Date: Aug 2000
Location: Boston,MA,USA and GVA
Posts: 433
Goodo... let me add to Bernie ... LH is great if you are flying in PAID C or F. The actual bonuses, which are great have already been outlined, but in my experiance if you buy a Y ticket and upgradge., one only gets 100 percent of the miles earned. Another perk of LH is that the bonus miles you collect from flying F or C count for status, as previously mentioned
Sep 10, 2000 | 11:33 am
#5
Join Date: Apr 2000
Location: EWR
Programs: UA 1K 1MM, Marriott Gold
Posts: 729
I agree to all of the above and might add, that I am very happy with the LH program, even though I fly a lot in Coach. Sure, UA MP gives me 100% status bonus in coach for being PremEx on UA and UA/LH codeshares, but the ability to upgrade any fare class with my M&M miles makes my day. Buy a Q class ticket on UA and try to upgrade internationally if you don't have the systemwide vouchers... no way.
Sep 12, 2000 | 8:06 am
#6
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
Programs: miles&more, MileagePlus
Posts: 27,043
forget about UA's Mileage Plus program (as long as UA doesn't change the followng rule): You can earn miles on inner Australian flights with AN only in a 30 days 'window' before or after a paid longhaule flight (with UA, or with AN from HKG).
Sep 13, 2000 | 1:01 am
#10
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
Programs: miles&more, MileagePlus
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I had 4 Express segments (twice LAX-SNA return) included in my Star-rtw in sep-98 (the pre-PIP-rtw). LH-ZRH did (wrongly) allow this and told me, just weeks ago, that UA later charged them seperately (something like a fine/compensation) for this fault.
When I booked (for my children) their rtw for spring 2000 with UA-FRA they refused the Express-segments (and faxed me the rules confirming that they were right).
It seems that your (UA-Express-) chances are fair if you buy your rtw not with UA.
When I booked (for my children) their rtw for spring 2000 with UA-FRA they refused the Express-segments (and faxed me the rules confirming that they were right).
It seems that your (UA-Express-) chances are fair if you buy your rtw not with UA.
Sep 13, 2000 | 4:45 am
#11
Join Date: Mar 2000
Location: Germany
Posts: 2,726
Bernie, these are the LH rules for CRTWSTAR1 concerning UA flights:
Sound pretty clear to me...
FARES APPLY ON ANY AC/AN/CP/LH/MX/NG/NH/NZ/OS/RG/SK/SQ/TG/UA/VO FLIGHT.
EXCEPTION -FARES DO NOT APPLY ON -
-UA FLIGHTS 3338-3351/4000-4149/4200-4302/4500-4899/4966-4999/8300-8789
EXCEPTION -FARES DO NOT APPLY ON -
-UA FLIGHTS 3338-3351/4000-4149/4200-4302/4500-4899/4966-4999/8300-8789
Sep 13, 2000 | 6:33 am
#14
Join Date: Feb 1999
Location: Washington DC
Programs: UA GS, SAS Gold, EK Gold, BA Gold, Marriott Titanium, HH Diamond
Posts: 801
UAX is now pemitted on RTWSTAR tickets. I have just issuewd one last week and it includes 4 UAX segments with o problems. However the BD segments were refused even though they were LH codeshares in a permitted flight number range.
Has anybody been successful in using BD flights with a LH codeshare number on a *A RTW?? Please post if you have so I can get this ticket reissued. Thanks.
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- indogulf
Has anybody been successful in using BD flights with a LH codeshare number on a *A RTW?? Please post if you have so I can get this ticket reissued. Thanks.
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- indogulf
Sep 13, 2000 | 6:44 am
#15
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Join Date: May 1998
Location: CH-3823 Wengen Switzerland
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indogulf: are you sure that the UA-Express rules changed (for the better) - or could this just be just (another) overlooking by the issueing agent as it was the case for me a year ago?
... and I thought that I just received an email some days ago (when I was away from home) saying that BD flights/segments now can be included?
... and I thought that I just received an email some days ago (when I was away from home) saying that BD flights/segments now can be included?
