Originally Posted by omxfl

I'll have a trip to Europe coming up in June/July and right now OW seem to be about half the cost of ST or *A:
IND-CDG-BCN-MAN-IND (all in J)
It'll be a mix of airlines. An example itinerary:
IND-JFK AA
JFK-CDG AA
CDG-BCN BA
BCN-MAN BA
MAN-JFK EI
JFK-IND AA

Questions
For members asking for information, to help people to assist you, can you please provide:
(1) What is most important to you in a FFP?
good award redemption rates, better award access, mileage earned
(2) How many miles do you usually fly each year & in what class? How many flights/sectors?
2-3 TATL, <25000 give or take
(3) What types of fares do you usually buy?
Business INT, Economy within US
(4) Can you choose your airlines and/or class of service? Do you travel for work and/or pleasure?
My choice and I usually go with the lowest total cost, 50/50 work & pleasure.
(5) Which routes and airlines do you fly most often?
US-Europe
(6) What is your home airport?
IND
(7) Do you have FFP status of any kind in OW or other airline? What is it? Do you have any miles banked in a FFP?
DL Gold, currently have some 150k Amex points (can transfer to Aer Lingus, BA, Cathay, Etihad, Iberia, Qantas, Qatar).
(8) Preferred Airlines? Most common Airlines flown on?
DL (lounge access with CC), then *A as my other home airport (LEJ) is only served by LH.

Truth be told, I haven't flown OW in some 10 years. Hence, I just want to max out my potential earning on this one trip. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!