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In your case (assuming mailing address in Canada) it might make sense to sign up for AFKL Flying Blue. You will be FB Gold and Skyteam Elite Plus after 40000 miles.
As you are on AF's own program you can more easily arrange upgrades or award tickets for your flights to PPT and as a FB Gold/ST E+ you will have a good chance at getting a lot of free FC upgrades when flying NW (for whatever they are worth) plus Worldclub Access also for your domestic flights on NW.
Thank you very much. I am based in Vancouver. I didn't give this option much thought but will now as you have a good point. I did see on an comparison chart that FB has the lowest requirement in miles to become top tier, 70,000 compared to the 75,000 needed by others. I didn't realize that being FB Gold/ST would give you a good chance for upgrades on NW and I read somewhere that AF does not do upgrades unless it's overbooked.
How are the benefits when flying CO or DL?