4x Business RT fares SFO-China
(1) What is your home airport? SFO
(2) What types of fares do you usually buy ? J
(3) How many miles do you usually fly each year? 50K-70K
(4) Do you have any kind of status at present? What is it? None
(5) What is most important to you in a FFP? Comp upgrades - I get enough lounge access with paid J flights, don't care for checked baggage
(6) Which routes do you fly most often? A couple US Domestic or 1 international trip a year (Asia, Europe)
(7) Preferred Airlines: None
(8) Do you travel for work or pleasure? Pleasure and Work (see below)
I have the opportunity to fly ~4x round trip flights in business every year SFO - SZX. Unclear what routing/airlines but likely SFO-PVG-SZX via United or China Eastern. Possibility of other routing (i.e. via HND with NH). But for now assuming it's strictly star alliance, and UA/CZ. This routing alone will net me close to 50k miles a year, all in paid J fare.
What *A program should I chase to get the best chance of comped upgrades? Lounge access isn't super relevant but a nice addition.
Is it really directly with UA? Looking at the general guidelines, I'm just around that 50K mark so it's difficult to assess
Thank you all in advance