(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
SFO

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
Discounted J/F int'l fares i.e. P/Z/A. A few transcons in lowest Y fare.

(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k)

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Premier, M&M Senator etc)
UA 1K and AA EXP expiring this year. AS 75K.


(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? (Frequent upgrades on travel, priority services when flying the airline, good award redemption rates, free lounge access, etc.)
I just want usable international upgrades.

(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
Mix of Europe and Asia, equal.

(7) Preferred Airlines
For F: AF + LX. For J: JL, NH, SQ, LX, AC

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
Pretty much all work. I can pick airline and class of service depending on how early I book.

I was a loyal UA 1K for a while, but then spent some time just flying everybody to try out the different airlines. Flew F on pretty much everybody, and now I'd like a program that let's me get international upgrades on cheap economy fares. I've been looking into tons of programs and it seems like AA EXP is the best for that? I have enough spend to hit top-tier on pretty much any program (except M&M HON), so I'd like to now just pick a program that gives me the best chances of international upgrades. Any thoughts?