Originally Posted by
trooper
What is *A "Platinum"?
Several Star airlines have status in their own plans higher than Star offers (and quite valuable) but it isn't recognized by other Star airlines. I suppose this is like Oneworld "P1". LH had the best offering but that ended a few years ago.
For the OP the best Star fare would be RTW if wanting to earn status. Otherwise as mentioned QR has been having very low J fares due to their political problems. Some risk of disruption in future.