Hi all,I currently have a Virgin Atlantic flying club account as my main account and a BMI Diamond club account which I use to collect the miles from my credit card spend,I've just signed up for a Amex gold to start earning membership rewards and decided that now might be the right time to start looking at investing my miles into a better flying program within the Star Alliance.

My reason for this is I take quite a few personal vacation trips (around 6-10 a year) between London and the US & the rest of Europe as well as the occasional trip to asia,I actually have a trip to Shanghai in the planning stages but basically my point is this:

Generally I get around the lack of US destinations served by Virgin Atlantic by booking with US airways and Continental to earn partner points,but more and more of these flights are now showing as being operated by United and Air Canada which obviously will not earn me any flying club miles,basically I want to switch to a Star Alliance airline that has the biggest presence operating out of London Heathrow that would be beneficial in short to medium and also long haul flights that I could also use my Amex membership rewards to boost the account with.

Sorry if that sounds confusing but I tried my best to explain it!

Any help is greatly appreciated!
Thanks


(1) What is your home airport? London Heathrow
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y & Discounted economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 20k-30k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? Only have Virgin Atlantic basic red and BMI Diamond club standard
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Upgrade possibilities or redemption/award flights/companion flights etc
(6) Which routes do you fly most often UK-US transatlantic,US domestic,UK & European & to Asia
(7) Preferred Airlines US airways/Continental
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Totally personal pleasure travel and I generally travel out of the holiday/peak season