Hello!

(1) What is your home airport? LAX (BUR for domestic wherever possible)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Y for work. When booking for pleasure, whatever is cheapest
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? <25K, though it can vary widely during certain years
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? UA Premier Silver (via Marriott Rewards Platinum status)
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? From most to least important: good award redemption, upgrades, lounge access
(6) Which routes do you fly most often US Domestic. On the relatively rare occasion I fly for pleasure, likely Asia/Transpacific
(7) Preferred Airlines UA, Asiana
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Primarily work. Will fly for pleasure when I can, but this is at most once a year.

Some more context: I already have about 10,000 miles each with Asiana and UA (this was before I decided to buckle down and work out the Star Alliance mess I gave myself). I travel primarily for work, though it's far less than most FT folks. My primary goal is to get award redemptions for international flights (mostly to East Asia). The reason for this is that anywhere I'd like to go for pleasure domestically would probably be covered by the secondary SWA points I earn.

I'm thinking since I have UA Premier Silver status via Marriott, I should stick to UA earning, but I'm wondering if there's any wrinkles I should consider in terms of additional perks, miles earning, award redemption complications, or ease of earning/maintaining higher statuses that may push me toward focusing on Asiana Club.

I don't really care about UA Premier giving me a free checked bag since I would only really fly UA for work.

Thanks!