EWR - SIN is 9890 mls (at least that was credited on my M&M account in 2004 as I have flewn it in Y).

If you fly it in Business you will get on LH
(2 x 9890) X 2 for every round trip, i.e 39560 on LH

As far as I know if you credit it to BMI, you only get (1,5 x 9890) x 2 for every round trip, i.e. 29670 (http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/src/html/d...earnmiles.html - > only 1.5 x for the most C fares and 2 x for the most F fares).

So after three round trips in C, you would have 118680 mls on your LH M&M account and on your BMI account you would have 89010 mls. From my point of view, looking on the redemption chart of either LH (http://www.miles-and-more.com/cdauti...dia_365145.pdf) and BMI (http://www.flybmi.com/bmi/src/html/d...pendmiles.html) you will have a round trip to SE Asia in C (120000 in C) while on BMI you need 105000. Okay, you could cash in some EUR / GBP for the flight, but from my point of view, I would credit it to LH.

I have booked four awards so far and had never had a problem getting the flight I want to book. Honestly, I cannot comment on BMI. The other side effect, if you do this in a calender year you will be SEN (*G) for the remaining year and the next two years and after this two years *S. But that is just a sidenote, as you mention Status s not you primary goal.

Perhaps anybody of the "high flyers" at this board might correct me, but I think I am right about the SQ earnings on BMI - but their homepage is not always up to date.

Sorry for the dealy in the reponse, but I thought about some cross check before I post this.
Jan