Creds to Star Alliance flight
Jun 18, 2023 | 8:34 am
#1
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 12
Creds to Star Alliance flight
Think im in the right spot now
Okay have a few flights coming up in July for into Euro and back to the states in on SA metal
July 5 TAP full econ AMS-LIS
July 10 London Heathrow-Istanbul full econ (showed 50% bonus)
July 12 IST-DFW with stops in Geneva and Montreal in biz with AC
since Ive mainly fly AA/DL metal, wanting to know which account I should start to build my miles with Star Alliance.
Any strategy or mapping would greatly help
Okay have a few flights coming up in July for into Euro and back to the states in on SA metal
July 5 TAP full econ AMS-LIS
July 10 London Heathrow-Istanbul full econ (showed 50% bonus)
July 12 IST-DFW with stops in Geneva and Montreal in biz with AC
since Ive mainly fly AA/DL metal, wanting to know which account I should start to build my miles with Star Alliance.
Any strategy or mapping would greatly help
Jun 18, 2023 | 9:31 am
#2
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Vancouver, BC
Programs: Aeroplan 50K, Hertz Gold
Posts: 1,372
Use the calculator for each segment, then consider your future travel.
https://www.wheretocredit.com/
https://www.wheretocredit.com/
Jun 18, 2023 | 6:30 pm
#4
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Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: MEL CHC
Posts: 22,926
Think im in the right spot now
Okay have a few flights coming up in July for into Euro and back to the states in on SA metal
July 5 TAP full econ AMS-LIS
July 10 London Heathrow-Istanbul full econ (showed 50% bonus)
July 12 IST-DFW with stops in Geneva and Montreal in biz with AC
since Ive mainly fly AA/DL metal, wanting to know which account I should start to build my miles with Star Alliance.
Any strategy or mapping would greatly help
Okay have a few flights coming up in July for into Euro and back to the states in on SA metal
July 5 TAP full econ AMS-LIS
July 10 London Heathrow-Istanbul full econ (showed 50% bonus)
July 12 IST-DFW with stops in Geneva and Montreal in biz with AC
since Ive mainly fly AA/DL metal, wanting to know which account I should start to build my miles with Star Alliance.
Any strategy or mapping would greatly help
-->Need advice on which *A FF scheme to join? - please post here
With a new ffp also consider expiry--> Miles/Points that Do and Don't Expire
UA ff miles do not expire.
As from your profile you live in USA. earning ff miles from non flying activities, would be easy with UA
Jun 18, 2023 | 6:53 pm
#5
Original Poster
Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 12
Thanks for that info, I do have about 30k in points with UA but was wanting to see if going with Turkish or AC would be the better option to build as I can transfer miles with a few CC I have, And I know UA did a bit of a devaluation on miles not too long ago. I've narrowed it down to those two as my preferred while doing this Euro holiday. I do plan on going back to Europe this fall/winter in biz. when the EPL and Ligue 1 start so im thinking of doing future purchase with TA or AC onwards going forward.
Jun 19, 2023 | 5:28 am
#6
Join Date: Feb 2022
Location: Cumbria
Programs: *G
Posts: 562
If you are planning to use the new programme for the longer term and trips to Europe, please be aware that there are quite a lot of Lufthansa group booking classes that credit zero to Turkish but they do credit to Air Canada and relatively generously compared to Lufthansa crediting anywhere else. LH policy covers Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian, Brussels, LOT and Croatia although Austrian & Swiss do credit in some places that mainline doesn't. .
Jun 19, 2023 | 5:54 am
#7
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Join Date: Feb 2018
Programs: AAdvantage
Posts: 12
Great info, I have used LH to fly to Africa and Europe while i was in school. I think i could use a slider to lower my ticket price that all I ever did, and been avoiding them for a while as they were cheaper options if I did layover with LH during this trip. Thank you for making me aware of the LH holdings I will note that for future travels. I think with TA and AC i will use that credit site and the best option for my miles. Since my hub is DFW (AA territory) I can route out Houston to get the most bang for my buck.