I'm in South East England and my go-to is the SOU-AMS-Asia on KLM, but sometimes still trek all the way up to LHR if starting out on AF/KE/CI/VN etc. and next year I'll have FB PfL. I know many will turn their noses up at the SkyTeam airlines but this has all worked out great for me. In addition, my FB and Accor accounts are linked to top-up each other as I stay at ALL hotels mostly (again many will turn their noses up at Accor).
Nothing wrong with Accor, it has brands like Raffles
Speaking of Accor, you could status match from your Plat to QR for some OW status.