I just recently left UAL so I no longer have my so called flight benefit and need to begin playing the points game. I am trying to figure out which points program to begin accruing with. I have two travel priorities Europe & Texas. I presently live in San Francisco. I have family in IAH and AUS otherwise all travel would be to Europe, primarily CDG.

AF & KL have non-stops out of SFO so it would be great to start accruing with them but since I see my self traveling to IAH and AUS quite often as well I am wondering if I should start with CO.

I was wondering how status was handled between sky team air lines, how easy it was to redeem points on partners, and if was faster to achieve a status with Flying Blue or OnePass?

What I witnessed with Star Alliance partners at UAL has tempered my expectations greatly. I just bought my ticket back to IAH for Thanksgiving on CO and I was waiting to figure out which points card to present when I checked in.

Merci!