Bit of an unusual request.

One of our family members is flying a multi-stop biz-class trip form the US, to Africa, with a stop in Europe on the way back. The flights are a mix of Untied P and Lufthansa Z.

These are likely to be the only Star Alliance flights she takes this year, as her typical flight patterns are better served by OW and Skyteam.

WhereToCredit says her itinerary would earn the following miles:

• Air China (CA, CCD, CNM, ZH)
  • 53,489 miles
• TAP Portugal (TP)
  • 43,912 miles
• Ethiopian Airlines (ET)
  • 42,803 miles
• Avianca (AV)
  • 37,702 miles
• Air Canada (AC)
  • 37,354 miles
• Miles & More (4U, DE, EN, EW, JP, LG, LH, LO, LX, OS, OU, SN)
  • 37,144 miles
• Aegean Airlines (A3)
  • 34,774 miles
• SAS Scandinavian Airlines (SK)
  • 34,524 miles
• Air Malta (KM)
  • 34,297 miles
• COPA Airlines (CM)
  • 33,413 miles
• Air India (AI)
  • 33,413 miles
• EgyptAir (MS)
  • 33,413 miles
• Turkish Airlines (TK)
  • 32,042 miles
• EVA Airways (BR)
  • 31,908 miles
• Asiana (OZ)
  • 29,636 miles
• United
  • 25,721

My specific questions are:

• I don't believe any of these would be enough to score her Star Alliance Gold status with any program, correct? Or is there a path here that I'm missing?
• Given that, is there any airline on that list that might give her a better value for redeeming the miles she earns on this flight? My inclination is to credit her flights to Air Canada, since I've seen some good value redemptions on there recently from North America to Europe. The other thought I had was Miles & More, since they tend to be stingy with partner awards, but more generous with their (hard to earn without flying) M&M miles. But I'm definitely a full-on Star Alliance newbie.

The questionnaire:

(1) What is your home airport? GEG
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? (C, F, Y, etc.) Typically Y, Occasionally Business (usually Z or P)
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? (<25K, 25k-50k, >50k) mid range? 25-50k
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? (UA Silver, M&M Senator etc) AS MVP
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Award Travel, Lounge
(6) Which routes do you fly most often (US Domestic, Transpacific etc) US Domestic, with ~1X US -> EU trip per year on average.
(7) Preferred Airlines No Star Alliance Preference
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service? Pleasure / yes