(1) What is your home airport? PEK (and LHR)
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Discount Y
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? <25K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? No status but about 40K orphan UA miles
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Awards, ability to consolidate mileage balances within a family
(6) Which routes do you fly most often Request is for secondary plan for *A flights (main FFP is BAEC)
(7) Preferred Airlines Air China
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure

I am relocating to PEK with my family for 3 years. For routing reasons we are likely to undertake a reasonable number of (discount) economy flights on Air China (and other *A carriers in the region). I am interested in advice on where best to credit the miles. My objective is not status, it's best earning / redemption options, and particularly on the ability (if it exists in *A!) to pool / transfer our mileage balances