Hi everyone. About to move from Houston to Riyadh. Will be flying me and my wife and three kids (5 total) back and forth between IAH and RUH via business class twice per year so I'm going to rack up some serious miles and spending. Trying to figure out which airline we should do that with. I've done it once with emirates, and the 777 business class wasn't as great as I've heard some other airlines, like Qatar Airways. Will take some US domestic flights when home in summer and some international flights for pleasure from Riyadh during the year. Looking for advice. I know that Qatar Airways has a nice international flight, but their alliance doesn't really line up with living in Houston where there's lots of Star Alliance activity. Maybe makes more sense to be United, Lufthansa, Turkish? I also have emirates status. Thanks for any insight.

(1) What is your home airport? IAH, RUH
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? Mostly business for US to KSA, economy for domestic
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? more than 50K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? Emirates Gold at the moment is all
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Dunno, I'm new to this. Probably upgrades and award availability?
(6) Which routes do you fly most often IAH-RUH and RUH-IAH, IAH-DEN, IAH-MCO, IAH-LON, IAH-CDG
(7) Preferred Airlines United, Emirates, would like to try out the Qatar Airlines long-haul product. Am willing to try Turkish or Lufthansa.
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? (Can you chooose your airlines, class of service?) I can choose airlines/class