My girlfriend is going to be living in NY for a year, which means I will be doing a communte to JFK once every two weeks.

I am currently a member of the QF program, as well as UA and LH. I now tend to do all my business flying on BA, and will still credit this to the QF program as my flying is always on fully flexible tickets, and in at least WT+ for long haul.

The problem is that AA provides only 50% credit for flights in all but the most expensive economy classes, and BA only 25%. Therefore, QF is probably not the best program for me to use.

My LH membership is a couple of years old (just about the lose SEN) that I achieved when flying LH alot. I've not flown on UA since about May last year - I had a project on with a client where I had to fly United a number of times in just a few months - enough to achieve PremEx status.

I'm thinking of either:

- opening a new account with AA and flying with AA each fortnight;
- flying with UA.

The advantage I see with UA is that I am already PremEx, so get lounge access and also E+ searing. On AA, however, my QF status will allow me lounge access. I would have to make platinum though (perhaps through the challenge) before getting the 100% bonus on AA.

The place I tend to fly most often for leisure is Australia. AA do not fly there, so no chance of upgrades on a leisure trip.

What's the general consensus on the best program to go for here over the next year ? I'd appreciate any input.