I feel that reaching status is hard on LX. I was EK Gold for several years, and felt it was much easier to reach and maintain. Partially because premium cabin flights gave more miles, partly because they looked at a 12 month rolling period, not the calendar year.
I just hit Frequent Flier. It took me 4 long-haul sectors (ZRH-GRU) and 13 short sectors (around Latin America and Europe). 8 flights, if you don't count LPB-LIM-SJO as two, for example. I have taken a few flights since, bringing me to 5 long + 14 short sectors. My M&M accounts says "8 segments flow in 2016".
6k miles for ZRH-GRU in business (P) seems weak, if Senator requires 100k. Is it similar for all M&M member airlines? Am I doing it wrong? Is M&M just more restrictive than other programmes?