Originally Posted by
Globaliser
One big question which ought to be answered first: What is their travel pattern? Many of the OW schemes have a minimum sector rule. So if your friend were to decide that AA is easiest, but never flies anywhere that AA goes, they could be very disappointed if AA enforced its 4-sector rule and they didn't actually earn any status.
He is currently based in FRA but he didn't jump the boat when the BA FRA-HKG J fares came up
. Typically ex-EU to West Coast US and EU-Asia.