I am currently stuck between two alliances. I know I'm posting this in the *A forum, but I don't know where else to put this. So my situation is that my travel patterns involve both alliances but I need to settle towards one. Benefits and quality will probably determine my choice.

I travel to Europe a few times a year for vacation, and *A is always my choice. However, my most travelled domestic route, SNA-DFW, is only operated by American, a Oneworld carrier.

My current status is only on *A (TK *G). If I continue to fly SNA-DFW I can earn American Airlines Gold (OW Ruby).

What is the best idea? To let my TK status expire and fly to Europe using the limited options Oneworld provides? Or to continue with mid-tier status in *A and low level status in OW?