Greetings, and thanks in advance to any who may offer up some advice.

1. What is most important to you in a frequent flyer program (FFP)?
(e.g., upgrades, priority services, baggage allowance, good award redemption rates, better award access, lounge access)
Reply: Getting a free plane trip somewhere once in a while. I suppose that falls into the "rewards redemption rates" category.

2. How many miles do you usually fly each year? How many flights/sectors?
(e.g., <25000, 25000-50000, >50000 miles and <25, 25-50, >50 flights?)
Reply: < 25000, and < 25 segments. Say 10-15k in about 12-14 segments.

3. What fare class do you usually buy?
(e.g., first, business, premium economy, economy)
Reply: Economy

4. Are you able to choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
Reply: I choose airlines to a mild degree if prices are close enough to one another. It's mostly based on exterior factors, though, price, timings and terminal locations, etc. I travel for pleasure.

5. Which routes do you fly most often
(e.g., U.S. domestic, transatlantic, intra-Asia)
Reply: U.S. Domestic. I'm hoping to save up miles to make the transatlantic ones a bit more frequent than they are now.

6. What is your home airport?
(e.g., SFO, LHR, HKG)
Reply: I don't really have one. Most of my flights go back and forth between JFK/LGA/NWR and MSN/ORD.

7. Do you have status in any FFP? What is it? How miles do you have banked in a FFP, if any?
(e.g., AA Executive Platinum, UA 1K, LAN Comodoro)
Reply: No status yet. Though I'd check in with the knowledgeable crowd before making any alliances. ;-)

8. What are your preferred airlines, if any?
Reply: Currently Delta, but not by too wide a margin. I usually end up going with them because they offer up the most timing options - an important factor since I often go away only for a weekend or so. It helps having extra flights available for when I inevitably get delayed flying into a connecting airport.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts!