sorry for the bump but would really like some pointers as we head into 2014.....

(1) What is your home airport? DCA.IAD.LAX
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 50k+ willing to break 100k doing mileage runs if need be.
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? EVA gold
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? upgrades, lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often 50-50 between dc-lax routes and us-asia routes... so maybe 2-3 trips to asia a year, 5-6 trips to lax a year
(7) Preferred Airlines: probably united/us airways domestic, and EVA for trips to tw
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? mostly pleasure

trying to figure out if united would match my gold status, and if it would be difficult to upgrade to business class seats on eva flights using united miles... since i live in the states, figured that it would be easier accumulating united miles with credit cards and such.... thinking about switching over to united because eva gold and *a gold pretty much has the same benefits, but with united, i think i will get better perks when i fly domestic?

thanks!