My first FT post so hope am putting it in the right spot.

(1) What is your home airport? NYC - any
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Business for > 5 hrs
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? BA Silver
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Fast Track security, Lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often NYC <> London, some Asia
(7) Preferred Airlines: SQ, VS, BA
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure: 80% work.

After 10+years at BA gold or silver I'm fed up with BA after two lacklustre Biz class trips JFK<>LHR and the strikes. Am putting together a 6 week RTW tour in business, starting next week, going to Asia among other places.

I want to do that in SQ and VS based on what I've heard about then, and therefore want to switch to *A.

Am based in New York, am British, and being a US-based silver card holder has meant i get fast track and lounge access on AA economy, which seems hard to do for even my high mileage domestic *A friends. That's a nice perk but more important is to earn miles when travelling as much as possible with SQ and VS. Ideally it will also get me lounge access for when am travelling economy domestically, but am also a new Amex platinum member so maybe that'll help with lounge issue.

Thanks