I am strongly considering defecting from OW, but I find the plethora of *A FF programs very confusing. It is fairly easy to be a top tier OW flyer with a single carefully crafted RTW in D. Would you guys please help me narrow down my research into what *A FF program to consider?

I am based in Australia and my annual flying pattern is generally:

1) Around 10 Australian domestic flights. These are are so short and provide so few qualifying miles that they don't really matter.

2) 1 RTW in A or C/D to visit family in ICN, TXL, CPH, ARN, FRA, ZRH, and DFW.

3) 2-4 return trips in Y or D to the US.

4) 1 return trip to the Philippines in discount Y, most often with SQ.

I would also like to visit Europe a second time each year. LH sometimes has some very cheap tickets to FRA from Australia. My wife really likes Paris as well , so that will probably be a frequent destination in the future.

So far I have looked into the FF programs of LH, UA and SQ. LH seems good, but it seems difficult to achieve top tier status with them.

I think lounge access, award flights, and upgrades are of similar importance in a FF program.

What are the chances of status matching a QF Platinum / OW Emerald with any of these programs?