If you are a couple and use double cards and also probably want to travel together, 150-200k for a couple translates to me as 75-100k per person.

To summarize:

Germany: 'Easy' 100k on M&M
UK: 75-100k (Avios?)

The question is, and to answer where I live (not in a high mileage country, then obviously I'd have a national resource as well), but in the EU and as a freelancer I have every right to 'set up shop' in the UK or Germany as well, though I have really no intention of physically live there. So the question is how these numbers change if, let's say have an address and credit in either the UK or Germany but do not physically there most of the time (think Tesco)?

And btw. which one is worth more? 100k M&M (Lufthansa has high surcharges, but you can always redeem on partner airlines) or 75-100k Avios? If it were 500k like in the US it would be a no-brainer to move (if it were another EU country) but for up to 'only' 100k is it worth it?

My other considerations btw., which did not get really addressed: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/europ...l#post22061540
Thanks.