My usual travel patterns will undergo some radical changes for the next year or two, cutting my annual average 150k BIS by at least half. The upside is that I’ll be able to focus mostly on one alliance for a change. So, I’m leaning toward putting miles to UA, but would appreciate some extra eyes to look over my situation:

(1) What is your home airport?
Mostly BKK and LAX

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Z/J/D/C on TPACs and intra-Asia; discount econ on domestics

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year?
About 35k-85k per year for the next 1-2 years (not sure, but probably closer to 35k)

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it?
LTG on AA (but no current year status); gold on BR (but want to do TPACs on *A or OW only); gold on EY (but no ME travel for next 1-2 yrs); and losing silver on SQ (from TG and SQ intra-Asia). Some miles in CO/UA but no status.

(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Award redemptions (used primarily for TPAC biz tix for ~mrs); upgrades and status benefits (primarily on personal econ bookings)

(6) Which routes do you fly most often?
Mostly TPAC, a few intra-Asia, even fewer US domestic

(7) Preferred Airlines?
I like CX but usually can't get it, so expect to do NH/UA for 3-5 TPACs per year, and UA or AA for 1-3 domestic econ trips per year (4k-13k)

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure?
Primarily for work, where I can choose any airline to the extent that the scheduling works (obviously), and TPACs must be similar price to TA’s lowest available biz fare (thus my BR status ). Personal travel is generally discounted economy or award.

Thanks all.

-mr