Originally Posted by
dcshungu
Based upon your anticipated travel pattern, it won't matter much because of the high *A traffic through PVG. LH or UA would seem to be a good choice since you say you'd like to travel to North America and Europe. Should you elect to go to Europe the "long way" through the USA (defined as 'round the worl), you'll rake in miles through the UA/LH reciprocal agreement for TATL flights if you join either program...
Haha, work won't be flying me "the long way", they're very practical and of course know to save money! It's not a matter of where I "like" to fly to, it depends on where work will fly me to, and they usually pick the cheapest choice as well.
The 4 FFPs in the subject line are what I'm considering most strongly at the moment. LH has a slight edge over UA as they prefer to give op-ups to their own FFs, but the disadvantage is that it's almost impossible for me to get to HON level on LH, and their qualification threshold for SEN (*G for access to lounges worldwide) is also very high.