Not worth flying One World

[Himeno]

I would hold off on sending people towards AA until we know how their program will change in response to the UA/DL changes and the program merger with US.

With the QF changes, I'm looking at changing to a different oneworld program - after I get QF lifetime gold - but I don't want AA due to the lack of lounge access on most North American flights for AA members.

 

[aaflyer]

I would hold off on sending people towards AA until we know how their program will change in response to the UA/DL changes and the program merger with US.

With the QF changes, I'm looking at changing to a different oneworld program - after I get QF lifetime gold - but I don't want AA due to the lack of lounge access on most North American flights for AA members.

American have said there will be no changes anytime soon. If you can accumulate enough points within the next 12-24 months, i'd be shoving everything there before the changes.

Frequent Flyer programs are ever moving targets. Seize the day and go with the best of the moment (I almost made the most of Qantas, i'm just a tad short of Lifetime Gold and it's now going to cost me a lot more than I had planned over the next 18 months to get there).

 

[drron]

I would hold off on sending people towards AA until we know how their program will change in response to the UA/DL changes and the program merger with US.

With the QF changes, I'm looking at changing to a different oneworld program - after I get QF lifetime gold - but I don't want AA due to the lack of lounge access on most North American flights for AA members.

But LTG gives you AC access anyway.

 

[Deleted member]

Just flew SYD-LHR with BA, as a WP received 35 SC's and 2,647 miles?! The new changes have really made me ask myself, should I move across to another airline and receive better benefits? Advice much appreciated. I'll never retain WP at that earning rate. Thanks in advance.

was that seat "inside the plane"?

 

[Himeno]

But LTG gives you AC access anyway.

I'd rather the Flagship lounge.
For the last 2 years, I've been routing flights via ORD instead of DFW because of the lack of Flagship lounge at DFW.

 

[Awesom Andy]

American have said there will be no changes anytime soon. If you can accumulate enough points within the next 12-24 months, i'd be shoving everything there before the changes.

Shove everything there AND redeem it all before the changes, of course.

 

[snabbu]

I'd rather the Flagship lounge.
For the last 2 years, I've been routing flights via ORD instead of DFW because of the lack of Flagship lounge at DFW.

That's super risky through the north american winter!

 

[madrooster]

That's super risky through the north american winter!

It's not as bad as it's often made out to be on AFF. I'm guilty of routing via ORD for the same reason and I do it every year all throughout January... I have never had any major snafus yet. ORD knows how to handle the winter, can't say the same about some other airports in that region. Should ORD have major issues, and you are scheduled to route through ORD, as a OWE you have priority standby anyway to route via DFW if you wish. AA prioritises inconvenienced pax (status ranks within, then no status inconvenienced) before normal standby pax.

 

[drron]

December 2013 we were scheduled to fly NRT-DFW-LGA.
It was the week the severe icestorm hit.
ORD handled it DFW didn't so we flew NRT-ORD-LGA.

 

[QPProletarian]

Haha the Flagship lounges are about as good as a regional Qantas Club.

 

[wandering_fred]

Haha the Flagship lounges are about as good as a regional Qantas Club.

But unlike the basic lounges you don't get (or need) drink chitties in the Flagship lounges.
Alas I am very unlikely to OW Emerald again.

Happy wandering

Fred

 

[Kefci2000]

Haha the Flagship lounges are about as good as a regional Qantas Club.

I disagree, very much on par with J lounges, food passable, reasonable beer with better spirits on offer.

Agree they are no F lounge

 

[Robbi]

Back to blewie's original message.

How is it possible to credit that one leg of his flight to another FFP?

 

[Danger]

Back to blewie's original message.

How is it possible to credit that one leg of his flight to another FFP?

Ask the check-in agent to input your desired FF number into the reservation. If you wish to change it for subsequent flights, repeat the process. Lounge agents should also be able to do it.

In my experience the process gets complicated when you want to split earnings across flights on the same day. For example, in the original query, crediting SYD-SIN and SIN-LHR to different programs can be dangerous. Again in my experience, more often than not the program that is used for the subsequent flights (ie. the second and any other flights) will end up being the program of the first flight. A knowledgeable and competent airline agent should be able to do it properly.