Which Star Alliance program to collect points on?
Dec 1, 2020 | 8:49 pm
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Which Star Alliance program to collect points on?
I am looking for a recommendation of where to put Star Alliance points.
My family are moving to Switzerland and we are flying Business Class on Turkish Airlines.
In the past, I have always put SA points on Singapore Airlines, but all my points have expired so I am looking to start fresh.
For the future, I will fly frequently from Switzerland to Asia, on whatever is the cheapest by "reasonable" economy flight.
Once a year, my family will fly to Australia on the cheapest "reasonable" economy tickets.
Any recommendation would be appreciated.
My family are moving to Switzerland and we are flying Business Class on Turkish Airlines.
In the past, I have always put SA points on Singapore Airlines, but all my points have expired so I am looking to start fresh.
For the future, I will fly frequently from Switzerland to Asia, on whatever is the cheapest by "reasonable" economy flight.
Once a year, my family will fly to Australia on the cheapest "reasonable" economy tickets.
Any recommendation would be appreciated.
Dec 1, 2020 | 10:02 pm
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I am looking for a recommendation of where to put Star Alliance points.
My family are moving to Switzerland and we are flying Business Class on Turkish Airlines.
In the past, I have always put SA points on Singapore Airlines, but all my points have expired so I am looking to start fresh.
For the future, I will fly frequently from Switzerland to Asia, on whatever is the cheapest by "reasonable" economy flight.
Once a year, my family will fly to Australia on the cheapest "reasonable" economy tickets.
Any recommendation would be appreciated.
My family are moving to Switzerland and we are flying Business Class on Turkish Airlines.
In the past, I have always put SA points on Singapore Airlines, but all my points have expired so I am looking to start fresh.
For the future, I will fly frequently from Switzerland to Asia, on whatever is the cheapest by "reasonable" economy flight.
Once a year, my family will fly to Australia on the cheapest "reasonable" economy tickets.
Any recommendation would be appreciated.
https://www.wheretocredit.com/turkish-airlines/j
Cheapest "reasonable" ticket may change year to year or by destination. Or an non aligned airline like EK or EY
For the "fly frequently from Switzerland to Asia" will this be a corporate gig? The business may have preferred airline
If starting afresh worth considering the other alliances?
Deciding on a Oneworld Frequent Flyer Program? Help is here.
Which ST program should I sign up for?
Not all airlines have a hard expiry, like SQ does
Probably better with a ffp that non expiring ff miles if an eligible activity.
Link--->Miles/Points that Do and Don't Expire
Last edited by Mwenenzi; Dec 1, 2020 at 11:05 pm
Dec 1, 2020 | 11:56 pm
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Thanks.
I posted in that thread,, will hopefully get some informative responses.
To answer your questions, I travel mostly for work, but they have no preferred airlines, just following a "lowest logical fare" policy.
For ST I use KLM, but I rarely fly ST so it is a moot point.
For OW I use Qantas and they seem fine.
The thread on expiring miles was not very informative, but I googled expiring Star Alliance programs and there were a few exceptions:
I posted in that thread,, will hopefully get some informative responses.
To answer your questions, I travel mostly for work, but they have no preferred airlines, just following a "lowest logical fare" policy.
For ST I use KLM, but I rarely fly ST so it is a moot point.
For OW I use Qantas and they seem fine.
The thread on expiring miles was not very informative, but I googled expiring Star Alliance programs and there were a few exceptions:
Aegean, Air Canada, Avianca, United Milage Plan.
Would I be better off on one of these programs even though I will never fly these airlines?
Dec 2, 2020 | 3:49 am
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IMO Aegean is mostly interesting for making elite status. UA is the worst of the bunch unless you have considerably flying on their metal. I am not an expert on Air Canada and Avianca but these are programs I would look into more closely. Both have a reputation for offering solid redemption possibilities.