I was able to achieve status with American last year due to a challenge and I am planning my travel for 2017. Due to status challenges and the solid presence of all airlines in the area, I feel like I have my choice of airline now. I have a business class ticket booked from JFK-LAS on American in a week, but no other travel booked right now.

I am going to travel a bit more this year - let's say I may do anywhere from 60,000 to 80,000 miles of flying. Also I assume I am pretty agnostic between EWR, LGA and JFK. I live in the lower west side of Manhattan, so EWR and LGA are a bit preferable I guess given traffic to JFK at peak times. Assume I have and can maintain mid level status. (Platinum/Platinum Pro on American, Gold/Platinum on delta, etc).

Soup to nuts, what's the consensus best choice for NYC fliers? Let's judge it on a variety of factors:

1) Operational performance
2) Treatment of mid-tier elites, including complementary upgrade percentage
3) Breadth of non-stop domestic route network
4) Quality of mileage program
5) Number and quality of international partners
6) Terminal / airport lounge quality

Possible airlines include Delta, United, American, JetBlue, Southwest, Alaska/Virgin