Hi everyone,
This is my first post here and likely not the last, as we are moving to SYD this summer for at least 4 years and probably more if we adopt the pattern of just never wanting to move back to Europe or the US
My partner and I are frequent flyers from Europe to Europe, the US and Canada, and maintain status on Air France-KLM as well as Air Canada. I'm currently looking at the options available to us when we will be based in SYD though, ad we are likely to have to change main FFP and maybe alliances.
Here's our likely pattern:
- 2-3 flights SYD-PAR to visit family in France
- 2-3 flights SYD- USA (mix of LAX, SFO, ATL, NYC, etc)
- some domestic flights in AU, but mainly vacation/week-ends
- maybe 1 trip in Asia, but not likely (unless I have business needs there but not likely to happen at the start)
- one thing to take into account would be heavy spending on CC (currently using AF-KL Amex)
So far, from what I could research in terms of routes only (not taking into account the mileage earning/redemption ratio of the FFPs), our options seem to be:
- Quantas or AA and OW (Quantas/AA/BA)
- United Airlines and Star (United for USA, Thai, SIngapore, Asiana, AIr China for Europe, Emirates for UA miles as well)
- Emirates for Europe and credit to Emirates for travel to US on United and Continental
I will have a look at the individual FFP but I wanted to make sure I had not missed any big option yet
Many thanks for your kind assistance. SO looking forward to moving here!
jjnenes
This is my first post here and likely not the last, as we are moving to SYD this summer for at least 4 years and probably more if we adopt the pattern of just never wanting to move back to Europe or the US
My partner and I are frequent flyers from Europe to Europe, the US and Canada, and maintain status on Air France-KLM as well as Air Canada. I'm currently looking at the options available to us when we will be based in SYD though, ad we are likely to have to change main FFP and maybe alliances.
Here's our likely pattern:
- 2-3 flights SYD-PAR to visit family in France
- 2-3 flights SYD- USA (mix of LAX, SFO, ATL, NYC, etc)
- some domestic flights in AU, but mainly vacation/week-ends
- maybe 1 trip in Asia, but not likely (unless I have business needs there but not likely to happen at the start)
- one thing to take into account would be heavy spending on CC (currently using AF-KL Amex)
So far, from what I could research in terms of routes only (not taking into account the mileage earning/redemption ratio of the FFPs), our options seem to be:
- Quantas or AA and OW (Quantas/AA/BA)
- United Airlines and Star (United for USA, Thai, SIngapore, Asiana, AIr China for Europe, Emirates for UA miles as well)
- Emirates for Europe and credit to Emirates for travel to US on United and Continental
I will have a look at the individual FFP but I wanted to make sure I had not missed any big option yet
Many thanks for your kind assistance. SO looking forward to moving here!
jjnenes