vance, welcome to FT and your new adventures. In order to be of help you would need to tell us to where your lady's monthly trips would be, how often you plan on traveling and to where, where your international destinations are likely to be and any other related info that influences your choices. Do you and/or your ladies' (mother or daughter) have current status with any airline? How close are you to getting status? With this information FTers might be able to assist you. Also please read the "stickies" at the top of the Mileage Run and Miles Buzz forums to get a good sense of what are the general issues involved. With the stickies as backgroun knowledge for you and the details as additional knowledge for FTers, you will be able to ask much more focused questions and we will be able to give helpful answers. Congratulations on your new household/households.