Good idea.
Any advice on Chinese carriers in Sky Team that offer reasonable mileage accrual on partners? Or what about Air France?
I was also wondering about switching to Cathay? How is their accrual?
Another option in *A that I'm sort of thinking about is Turkish. They do upgrades for elites on international flights, and they have a great product. Flying them BKK to the US via IST really isn't much further. You also attain their highest tier after 80k.........
Any thoughts?