it makes perfect sense to hold status in the airlines you fly mostly.

for asia, my LH account doesnt make much sense, so know i got a thai account too.

when i got my thai gold, i will stop crediting miles to thai and will credit my miles to the programm which gives me the best miles for business and first travel (which is bmi or LH)

LH counts 2x or 3x if you fly business or first . so you get incredible mileage with biz or first flights. try this with united or thai, where you only would end up with 17k instead of LH 48K etc. depending on status, and class bonus.

dp