I've been in New York for the past two years and am starting a new job as a consultant in Boston. I've been shuttling between New York and Boston for the last few months, to get the house, take some stuff over each time, get things ready. I finished my job in New York and had a month lapse before the Boston job started, so I was busy moving in. Now, I'm out of New York, and my new job has started (miss the time off!. My new job officialy gets me in the ranks of the Road Warrior, as I will be traveling a lot domestically and internationally (About 150,000 miles per year, it looks like). I've spoken with the corporate travel agent, and luckily the company has no preferred airlines. But, the agent can get my elite status in a few airlines if I need it to start up, but I need to retain the status or else the airline might not be so free in giving elite status to my company in the future.

There is no dominant airline in Boston, so the choice is hard. As my schedule looks, I can devote all my status to one airline, get top status on one and mid on one, or get mid on three. (100,000 miles is top and 50,000 miles is mid).

What airline(s) do you think I should go with? If there isn't much difference between top and mid tiers, would it be better to go for mid on three? Again, there is no particular region I travel most. All over the US, Europe, and Asia.

Before, I traveled rather infrequently. By the way, the company pays for Business Class on flights to Europe from the East Coast, First Class to Asia or to Europe from West Coast, and either First Class or Business Class (on tri-class planes) on all longhaul domestic flights (transcon), and coach on shorthaul. A bit complex!

I need the help of all you experienced Road Warriors.

Thanks,

Flyer