Hello,

I recently moved to Hong Kong and have been flying Cathay/DragonAir in Asia for personal travel. I am pretty sure that I can make the Silver Tier in one year but will not be able to move past that to Gold. I will also probably be able to maintain a Star Alliance platinum level through my transAsia flights. Is it worthwhile to go completely OneWorld and get the 1k equivalent status via AA?

Questions
For members asking for information please help people to assist you, can you provide:
(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, SCL, London LHR, HKG, Singapore SIN etc.)
Reply: HKG and SFO

(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
Reply: 1K past 2 years in economy

(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: Yes. I can choose airline and class of service (price sensitive thought). Travel for both. SF - Asia is work and withing Asia is pleasure.

(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: SF - HKG (work), HKG to Asia (PVG, NRT) pleasure

(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: UA 1K

(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: Upgrades, lounge access, baggage allowance

(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: Star Alliance partners for transPacific, Cathay for interAsia, UA for domestic US