Hi all and Happy New year!
Today I was just downgraded from Aegean Miles+Bonus Gold to Silver (didn't meet 4 Aegean flights for the year). That was a bummer since I am flying with Austrian tomorrow to IAD and needed that free checked bag (even though I checked in 48 hours before departure while I still had Gold status, the free checked bag didn't kick in..) So here's my picture:

(1) What is your home airport?
IAD (Washington DC)
(2) Do you currently have any status?
A3 silver.
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy ?
Economy
(4) Which airlines/routes do you usually fly?
IAD-ATH round-trip twice/year with Star Alliance + roughly 2-3 domestic roundtrips in US on average with United + 1-2 roundtrips in Greece on average with Aegean
(5) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 20k on average
(6) Do you mainly fly for work or for leisure? / Do you have any flexibility in choosing the airline/fare bucket etc.?
80% leisure, 20% work
(7) What is most important to you in a FFP?
Free checked bag

I also got the United explorer CC which normally gives 1 free checked bag but a) this perk is not valid for other SA carriers and b) I usually book my cross-atlantic roundtrips ATH-IAD (and not IAD-ATH) to get cheaper rates, meaning I can't use the United CC to get the lower rates (need to use a CC with a Greek bank).

From my understanding my best choice would be Asiana, since 40k miles/24 months are feasible. I would need to start from scratch though, and I don't think I will ever fly with Asiana. Thoughts?