Originally Posted by
sailingfun
Thanks for the explanation. I suspect in the end picking a FF program will come down to where someone lives.
That’s a key factor. Unless you live somewhere like Memphis or Indy which aren’t airline hubs. To generate $50k in travel money you mostly need to be flying international. At that point, most flights are going to be two legs unless you live somewhere like Atlanta or SFO. So that does make it easier to choose any of the major US carriers as your primary. At least for the international part.