Originally Posted by kramerica

(1) What is your home airport? TLV
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? discounted economy
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 40K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? No
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? flight awards, upgrades, lounges (in that order)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? TLV to europe
(7) Preferred Airlines - LH
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? both

I've just spent most of my miles from M&M, and was wondering maybe there is a better plan for me. If I understand correctly, the main M&M advantage for me is that for Israelis, they treat Israel as part of Europe in flight awards, so to book a flight is only 15K/30K/45K (smart/econ./business) points, but when I gain points they calculate the miles like an IC flight.
The disadvantage is that their upgrades are quite expensive. I usually have a connection flight, and each upgrade cost 15K, meaning that upgrading the entire route would cost 60K (more expensive than "buying" the entire flight at business with points). I do consider flight awards to be more important than upgrades, but it would have been nice to have better upgrade options in addition to the great reward plan. Any other club I should consider, or should I just stick to M&M?