Thanks for the reply.

YTD I have flown 7251 miles on UA + 9852 miles flown on US which i booked through UA's website. (mostly S class)

on LH i have flown 43,858 miles. (all Z class)

I am about 18k miles away from 1k status.

I would love the ability to upgrade my domestic flights primarily, followed by redemption of miles for personal vacation, with Europe being an ideal destination(once a year?)

again, thanks for the help