Hi All,

Taking a new job in March in Bermuda, traveling heavily throughout the Caribbean and the eastern USA. Flights within the Caribbean are mostly to Turks, BVI, Caymans. Home is YYZ with 12 flights a year planned. Usually a long haul both SEA and Europe (Ryder Cup this year!) thrown in to round out the travel.

Thinking with the move it might make sense to review my best bet for Star Alliance partner, or other if there are suggestions. Lots of my travel will be short haul with multiple segments.

(1) What is your home airport? (SFO, LAX, MCO, etc.) BDA
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) 25-50K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc) 25K with Air Canada.
(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.) Frequent Upgrades, Lounge, Priority services ( in that order)
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) Caribbean, North America,
(7) Preferred Airlines ; Air Canada or Star Alliance carriers, however, I'm open to switching to American or any others that will best serve me.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you choose your airlines, class of service?) I can choose my airline, but not class of service for work. When travelling for personal, I'd like to leverage the points/status gained while flying for work.

Thank you very much in advance!