Hi all,

Some advice sought! Currently Sapphire OW through BA (BA/AA were my carriers of choice) but due to scheduling changes most of my upcoming longhaul travel will be with *A (3-4 Europe - US trips in the next 3-4 months), all LH/LX/UA business class. I have no upcoming longhaul trips planned on Oneworld so likely to lose my BA status in about 6 months time.

I am also Silver/FTL on M&M, but my collection year runs out before I get to Senator as still need another 60k before end of 2017 and I won't fly enough before then to do that (and so i'll lose the 40k status miles collected on the way from FTL to SEN).

Until very recently I didn't know that different *A programs had lower gold requirements than M&M and it seems if I go with something like Turkish, Asiana or Aegean (or similar) I would get to Gold very quickly with my upcoming travel and thus thinking of changing from M&M...any advice?

(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.)
BSL or ZUR. Usually flying to SFO when transatlantic

(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
Usually P or Z (C) when long haul. Short haul in Europe is a mix of economy fares (and every airline)

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

(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc)
BA Silver (OW Sapphire), M&M/LH Freq Traveller (*A Silver)

(5) What is most important to you in a FFP?

Highest: Priority at airport and lounge access

Medium: Miles that don't expire/not too quickly (I used to always losing my M&M miles by not using them, although now they don't expire as FTL). I'd also like to start using miles for award flights and/or upgrades for personal trips

Lowest: Some kind of family account?

(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc)
Europe - US 3-6 times a year. About 10 shorthaul around Europe

(7) Preferred Airlines
Used to mainly fly BA/American long haul (hence Oneworld status), but they recently changed schedules so almost all upcoming travel for foreseeable future is LH or LX (with occasional UA).

(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?)
Mostly work (longhaul business, shorthaul economy). When going for personal usually choose cheapest options, although we would like to use miles/awards more often.

Thanks for your help!