Looking for insight on branching out for additional benefits, I will have a very busy 2016.
Situation is:
- I will have enough for 1K (100k PQM and $20kPQD) by March on United
- Expect about 8 more Business class tickets this year west coast to Europe, plus significant West coast-YYZ travel (about 70k BIS miles) - total maybe 350k BIS miles and $75k for the year.

I have no expectation of GS as all my domestic and transborder trips are discount economy.
I was thinking of stopping UA credit in March and switching to LH (no status there now) for west coast- Europe flights, reach SEN (and get UC access in the US in the process), and then switch to AA to renew Plat or get EXP.
Or maybe continue adding miles to LH as we will be traveling in Europe this year and next.

Maybe someone has additional insight on maximizing value on this one.

Cheers