Originally Posted by
PowellM
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: CPH (Copenhagen)
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class?
Reply: <25
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)
Reply: Economy
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: Pleasure - can choose airlines.
(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: Intra-Europe and Intercontinental and US Domestic
(6) Do you have FFP status of any kind of OW or other airline at present? What is it? (AA Executive Platinum, QF Gold, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro, etc)
Reply: Eurobonus Basic
(7) What is most important to you in a FFP? (upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, extra baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, free - discounted lounge access, etc.)
Reply: upgrade on travels, Priority service, Lounges
(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: None
Flying to PHX and/or LAX, then MCO and MCO-CPH home. + Trip to Berlin. next year.
You are going to be hard pressed to get any sort of status flying under 25k per year. Even if you do get status, it will probably be lowest tier, which won't give lounge access.
If you want upgrades and are willing to pay for WT+, BA allows for very cheap upgrades to CW (note, you may need to book CPH-LHR separate from LHR-United States, as BA upgrades must be for the entire itinerary, and the CPH-LHR leg is only upgradeable if its a full fare ticket). If you are unwilling to pay for WT+, I would probably go with AA, as their miles are generally the most valuable.