Hi everyone,
I have a trip to the US in 3 weeks time. I need to book some internal flights, namely LAX-ORD-SFO, SFO-MCO-SFO, SFO-LAX and was wondering which airline to fly.
I'm QF SG and need 300SC to get to platinum.
I'm VA nothing, but will prob be silver by the time I reach the states.
Should I try and status match the QF to UA? I know UA sucks terribly, but does it suck anymore than any other US domestic airline? I will prob fly with a colleague on the SFO-MCO-SFO trip and they are UA Premier 1K so will prefer to fly UA...
Should I wait to try and status match when I'm a QF WP? I think I'll do a reasonable amount of Australian domestic travel and so will make platinum without concerns this year (first time!). I'll have another trip to the states later this year, and would do similar legs: LAX-ORD-DCA-ORD-SFO-LAX.
Or should I just go with the cheapest option?
Other trips planned (if it makes a difference):
SYD-ZQN-SYD
SYD-LHR-SYD
SYD-LAX-SYD
maybe SYD-NRT-SYD
I just realised that that is a lot of conference travel! Yikes. But I want to make the most of my FF statuses with whichever program since I'm doing a lot of flying BDB-BNE-SYD etc and just want things to be easy!
Many thanks in advance for all your advice. And happy easter!
I have a trip to the US in 3 weeks time. I need to book some internal flights, namely LAX-ORD-SFO, SFO-MCO-SFO, SFO-LAX and was wondering which airline to fly.
I'm QF SG and need 300SC to get to platinum.
I'm VA nothing, but will prob be silver by the time I reach the states.
Should I try and status match the QF to UA? I know UA sucks terribly, but does it suck anymore than any other US domestic airline? I will prob fly with a colleague on the SFO-MCO-SFO trip and they are UA Premier 1K so will prefer to fly UA...
Should I wait to try and status match when I'm a QF WP? I think I'll do a reasonable amount of Australian domestic travel and so will make platinum without concerns this year (first time!). I'll have another trip to the states later this year, and would do similar legs: LAX-ORD-DCA-ORD-SFO-LAX.
Or should I just go with the cheapest option?
Other trips planned (if it makes a difference):
SYD-ZQN-SYD
SYD-LHR-SYD
SYD-LAX-SYD
maybe SYD-NRT-SYD
I just realised that that is a lot of conference travel! Yikes. But I want to make the most of my FF statuses with whichever program since I'm doing a lot of flying BDB-BNE-SYD etc and just want things to be easy!
Many thanks in advance for all your advice. And happy easter!