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I'm currently living in London, but I'll be moving to Berlin early next year - and I'll definitely be staying for a fair while. I've still got friends and family in London and Manchester, so it's likely that I'll be doing a fair bit of travelling back and forth - most likely by flying.

My question is this: what kind of benefits or perks can I get out of doing a lot of air travel back and forth between the two, and how can I best use this to my advantage?

For example, should I give my loyalty to a particular airline in order to get rewards? I kind of prefer British Airways, but I'm open to suggestions. Is there anything else I should think of, or take into consideration? Is it even worth trying to do anything like this, or should I just go for the cheapest flights regardless of carrier?

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London-Berlin is a very short trip, a return is 1162 miles, for example status Lufthansa starts at 35 k and there aren't a lot of useful perks at that level, perhaps more luggage. Redemption requires a real lot of miles:

taxes, fees and charges are not included in the mileage information. On European flights these can be settled with 18,000 miles.

Look here miles-and-more.com for the redemption chart. Say, you want to fly in comfort to the USA? That'll be 105 000 points or 90 such trips.

I would forget perks and just go for whoever the cheapest flight you can find.

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