(1) home airport? IAD/DCA
(2)types of fares do you usually buy ? C/J
(3) How many miles each year? >50k business, 10k+econ
(4) status.? I have 50K in united, but haven't flown the 4 united segments for gold.
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Good award redemption rates, long-term status
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? IAD-ADD-DAR
(7) Preferred Airlines - ET for purchase, UA for personal/award
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? work pays, I redeem for pleasure.

Assets
Work will pay for 4 RT IAD-ADD-DAR trips on Ethiopian in 2014 in business class next year. I have one such RT and a one way not yet credited to a ff program. 40k mqm on UA now, zero segments. 70k in ultimate rewards.

Goals: award flight to Australia in April, long term domestic lounge, maybe award flight to gua.

I want to figure out how to maximize my miles. My strategy this year was redeem all of the miles on United, and have 20k applied to Aegean for lounge access (though not yet redeemed). I now realize UA gives me only 100%award on ET (despite being in business class). There's still just enough time to do a 4-segment run this year on United. Should I do it, and should I change my strategy for next year? Thanks for any advice!