I know there's a lot of threads out there on this but it's a bit of a case by case basis and i'm trying to recommend something to my brother in law. Sorry in advance about the length of this post.

He's currently a Kris Silver member and mostly flies Singapore airlines because "Even Y class is very good with SQ provided you fly on A380 or their 777-300ER series it is the ER suffix that denotes that the interior has been upgraded eg all Y class seats have power supply, large screen, USB port to charge iphone or PDAs. On the A380 if you have a window seat upstairs you have a below window glovebox like in business class and only two seats along the windows so your not trapped against the window. All of these features make long haul flight enjoyable in Y class saving heaps of $$$$$."

He flying discounted Y from Australia to Europe and Middle East on a monthly basis and also flies a couple of times a year to Laos in C with Thai airways as it is easier than flying with Singapore airlines. He doesn't (somehow) think he will achieve enough EQM to get Gold with SQ so he's looking to see whether he's with the wrong program. Kris flyer program sucks as far as i can tell as it has no benefits unless he makes PPS (he was a couple of years ago when someone else was paying for his travel)

I thought BMI would be a great suggestion but now they have officially announced they are going to merge their FF with Luftunsa i think it's all over red roger on that front.

The important thing to him is getting *G and having decent redemption rates. Sounds like every FF dream right? BMI was this but now i'm trying to work out what the second best program is in *A for a mainly Y flyer? Any suggestions?