Originally Posted by LH1H7
BTW I'll be a slave to 270 Park St. starting this summer.

Needed a bit of googling for that one. Could it be that it's really Park Ave. and not Park St.?
Anyway, my suggestion is to join JAL and enjoy the oneworld benefits once they get in. From what you've written of your likely destinations, you'll be seeing the insides of a lot of JAL aircraft anyway.