Originally Posted by
eponymous_coward
It would make sense to start collecting other mileage currencies. BA Avios on for CX would be 7.5k each way in in Y, 15k in J (and BA will let you buy half the Avios at about 2 cpm US). A *A plan like TG, DW or even AV might be a way to go as well. AS MP is not really meant to be used by customers based outside the US.
That's what I'm looking in to at the moment. I have enough booked through July of next year already to hit BA Silver; if banked on Marco Polo, barely enough to hit their Silver. But if I collect the miles on AS, I am almost to Gold75k again.
The JL and EK redemptions for my annual flights back home to the States for visits are great (especially the former: 130,000 R/T BKK-NRT-JFK in J). I also plan on returning to the States in a few years, so I don't mind banking the miles on AS.