I am currently Platinum on US and am close to CP (95k+). I need to fly to Vietnam in a few weeks, and am trying to figure out how to fly better than coach. I am willing to use miles (have a bunch) but nothing is available on any Star Alliance carrier.

The best set of flights I have found for my schedule is UA...if I try to get a status match on UA would it help my upgrade possibilities any? With this flight, if I use my US DM number I would have over 125k miles earned this year, so I am not opposed to using my UA MP number. But I'm not sure it's worth it. Any thoughts from the experts?

Thanks in advance.

-D
US Platinum (soon to be CP)
no status on anybody else (I live near PHL)