Hey there
It is my first post on AB forum – apologies if you find any of my questions naïve or/and basic.

You might have heard that Miles & More have announced new milage accruals in economy which basically devastated whole program for me.
Lufthansa: Changes to the Miles&More program effective January 1st, 2014

I’ve been holding Gold (Senator) status for quite some years now, but given recent news I’m not planning to spend too much money (=0) with M&M team starting Jan ’14.

I’m looking for alternatives and being based in WAW OneWorld seems to be a quite nice one. May I ask you to have a look at below and advise if AB/1W might be a good option?

My flight patterns:
- I fly circa 110k-130k miles a year
- 4-5 longhaul (US / Asia)
- ~50 European connections
- Everything is booked in semi-flexible economy

I do not have HUGE expectations (I hope), but there are few small things I value when being FF (part of M&M gold status):
- Priority check-in / priority security check-in (where available)
- Two handbags allowance (computer bag + standard-sized luggage)
- Availability of exit rows where possible (I’m 190cm tall)
- Entry to the biz lounge (nothing fancy – a small bite and a glass of wine will do)
- Fair / reasonable availability of intercontinental premium cabin award seats (holiday booking once a year or so)

There are many nice to haves (two or three bags, blocked seat next to me, priority luggage, onboard recognition, operational upgrades) which I really do not care about too much and M&M wasn’t too great in those anyway.

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: WAW
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)
Reply: 100k+
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ? ( First, Business, Economy etc.)
Reply: 99% Eco, semi-flex
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or, class of service?. Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: flexible on AI, class eco only. 90% of flights is work
(5) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific, Kangaroo, in Asia etc)
Reply: 4-5 Asia/US, 50 Europe
(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: *A Gold
(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: See above
(8) Preferred Airlines
Reply: Any that safely bring me to the destination within reasonable time

So, what do you think – is OneWorld a right choice? Which airline’s program should I start collecting miles to get most out of the system? With IB / BA / AB / S7 / Cathay in the alliance all my directions from WAW are nicely covered (maybe except MUC for now)

Thanks in advance for your thoughts – planning very busy January/February and I’m ready to start booking my TATL flights now

Thanks a ton folks!
mfk